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fetation

/ fiːˈteɪʃən /

noun

  1. the state of pregnancy

  2. the process of development of a fetus

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The fetation was made by injecting the sporoblast into the blood stream with a hypodermic needle.

Many of the older writers mention this form of fetation as a curiosity, but offer no explanation as to its cause.

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Argles mentions simultaneous extrauterine fetation and superfetation.

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Sulikowski relates an instance of congenital fetation in the umbilicus of a girl of fourteen, who recovered after the removal of the anomaly.

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