Definitions for fetus

fetus fe·tus

Spelling: [fee-tuh s]
IPA: /ˈfi təs/

Fetus is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 43 anagrams from letters in fetus (efstu).

Definitions for fetus

noun

  1. (used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.

Origin of fetus

1350-1400; Middle English Latin fētus bringing forth of young, hence that which is born, offspring, young still in the womb, equivalent to fē- (v. base attested in L only in noun derivatives,

Examples for fetus

They hold signs depicting a fetus with a hanging umbilical cord.

Whatever interrupts the pregnancy causes the death of the fetus.

Moralists talk about the fetus as protected in the membranes.

Case in point: when Loertscher was brought to court in Wisconsin, her 14-week-old fetus was granted a lawyer, but she was not.

If she refuses she is accountable for the death of the fetus.

It is only through changes in the mother's blood that the fetus can be influenced.

But she expressed no regrets mainly because of her concerns about how much her fetus suffered before termination.

They may arise from the fetus, the mother, the father, or from violence.

A few hours after the prolonged exposure to Duncan, Williams and her fetus died of overwhelming Ebola infection.

“It is well established that a fetus is not a ‘person’; rather it is a sui generis organism,” the ruling stated.

Word Value for fetus
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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