fetus

noun

fe·tus | \ ˈfē-təs

Definition of fetus

: an unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind specifically : a developing human from usually two months after conception to birth — compare embryo sense 1a

Examples of fetus in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Cows who contract Trich generally abort the fetus after breeding, and then clear the infection. — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 May 2022 The Life at Conception Act, which would recognize a fetus as a person with equal protections under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, has been introduced in both chambers. — Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2022 The video screened Tuesday appears to show a fetus with a face and limbs. — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2022 McCorvey’s story is a familiar one, but what many don’t know is that the fetus in question survived. — ABC News, 10 Feb. 2022 Outside the court, a middle-aged man held a loudspeaker in one hand and a six-foot photo of an aborted fetus in the other. — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022 In El Salvador, women accused of aborting a fetus can be prosecuted on assault or homicide charges, and face decades in prison. — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2021 In El Salvador, women accused of aborting a fetus can be prosecuted on assault or homicide charges, and face decades in prison. — Mary Beth Sheridan And Alejandra Ibarra Chaoul, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2021 For the fetus in the womb, iron deficiency increases the chances of a premature birth, low birth weight and birth asphyxia. — Sharman Apt Russell, Scientific American, 20 May 2021 See More

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