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foetal

British  
/ ˈfiːtəl /

adjective

  1. a variant spelling of fetal

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A relatively recent addition is Sydney-born-London-based novelist Kathy Lette, whose Mad Cows and Foetal Attraction featured plot lines about Australians moving to the UK.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2014

Foetal Causes.—Disease of the after-birth, other parts, of cord, death of the foetus, placenta pravia, and yet many women are subjected to falls, blows, etc., who carry their child to full term.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

The Foetal Heart-beat.—This is the one positive sign of pregnancy and it may be heard as early as the sixteenth to the twentieth week.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson