foetus
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foetuses
plural
noun
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Karina is six months pregnant, but the foetus inside her womb is not her own.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
The hospital said the decisions of medical staff were based on concerns for the health of both mother and foetus.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
According to Izabela's family, doctors waited for her foetus to die before acting, fearing legal consequences.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
The time, date and what appears to be the location of the scans, as well as the gestational age of the foetus, were also clearly visible.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
He was curled up like a foetus in an empty room on an old mattress that the last people to leave the Barracks had left behind in the flat.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
The risks are not uniform, with foetuses and young children most affected, and girls and women 52-percent more susceptible to the cancer-inducing effects of radiation than boys and men.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
"She had a bloated abdomen, was irritable and unable to eat anything because the foetuses were squashing her stomach," Dr Anand said.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
In 2024, a three-day old baby in Kolkata city died a day after he underwent surgery to remove two malformed foetuses from his abdomen.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
The researchers demonstrated that there were considerable differences in gene expression in the intestine, brain and placenta of the foetuses of germ-free and normal mouse dams.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023
“You can’t really do any useful intellectual conditioning till the foetuses have lost their tails. Follow me.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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