How to Use fetal in a Sentence

fetal

adjective
  • Between June 24 and Sept. 14, the fetal heart tone ban was the law in Ohio.
    cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • What could have contributed to the slight decrease in Black fetal deaths?
    Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Where my posture takes shape in fetal and frog-like form, and no one is judging me for it.
    Erika Houle, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • On the third day, Nuzzo, the nurse-midwife, induces the delivery of fetal tissue from the uterus.
    Maggie Shannon, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The lawsuit made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the law in 2019 and said the state had an interest in how fetal remains are disposed.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Other items included a bloody pig mask, a fetal pig, a funeral wreath, and a book about grieving the loss of a spouse.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Making a cut in the gene releases the brakes, allowing cells to make the fetal type and override the abnormal adult kind.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The results showed that the parchment was made from calf tissue, rather than fetal lamb tissue, as was long assumed.
    Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The attorneys told the doctors that because of the fetal-heartbeat bill — because that 15-week-old had a heartbeat — ...
    John McCormack, National Review, 1 Sep. 2022
  • By then, a fetal monitor showed the baby's heartbeat had stopped.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • This means fetal cell lines were not used in its development.
    Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The fetal remains were found wedged inside the toilet bowl, according to the coroner's report.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The ban outlaws all abortions except in the case of a fatal fetal anomaly and cases of serious health risk to the mother.
    Casey Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 7 June 2023
  • As their names suggest, the fetus or fetal posture has the sleeper tucked in, both legs bent and supporting each other.
    Brianna Kamienski, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • With many of the other mutations that cause deafness, hair cells die during infancy or even at the fetal stage.
    Gina Kolata, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Wingate has been charged with improving the state's preterm birth rate by improving maternal and fetal health.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Yes, that means baby A tried to split and become identical twins, but a yolk and fetal pole never developed.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
  • These are packed with 18 essential vitamins, all of which play a part in promoting fetal growth.
    Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The physician would also be required to preserve a DNA sample from the fetal remains and submit the evidence to the country sheriff.
    ABC News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • In Madison, a lone counter protester held a sign bearing images of what appeared to be fetal tissue.
    Ava Sasani, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The law contains no exception for fetal anomalies, which Jenkins raised as a question.
    CBS News, 7 Oct. 2022
  • That’s where a doctor briefly checked her cervix, timed her contractions, and monitored the fetal heartbeat before telling her to go home and come back later.
    Rae Ellen Bichell, oregonlive, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The researchers argue that the arrangement of the bones suggests the bodies were carefully buried in a fetal or seated position.
    Byann Gibbons, science.org, 5 June 2023
  • So Miley's Law, in short, in simple terms, would be giving choice back to parents when diagnosed with fetal anomalies.
    ABC News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • There was no sign of a fetal heartbeat on the monitoring strips by the time St. Julian performed an emergency C--section at 11:49 p.m., the lawsuit states.
    Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • One by one, Fitch pulled them into a bedroom to measure bellies, take blood, listen to fetal heartbeats and ask about things like nutrition.
    Claire Rush and Laura Ungar, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • But listeria illness while pregnant results in fetal loss in 20% of cases and newborn deaths in 3% of cases.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Viewing the ultrasound and hearing the fetal heartbeat don’t assuage her worries.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
  • In response, the fetal pancreas undergoes changes to produce more insulin.
    Elizabeth Woolley, Verywell Health, 1 June 2023
  • Miller had to travel to Colorado to get a selective fetal reduction of the nonviable fetus.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2023

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