foetus

[fee-tuhs]

noun

Chiefly British.

plural

foetuses 

1. fetus.

foetus

/ ˈfiːtəs /

noun

1. a variant spelling of fetus

Example Sentences

They opted for the latter, but to be eligible for this couples have to agree to abort the foetus if the test is positive, as it was in their second pregnancy.

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Indian doctors have successfully removed "parasitic twins" - two foetuses that were growing inside the abdomen of a 20-day-old baby.

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Paramedics then found the foetus hidden in a laundry basket in her room, police said, which had not been born alive.

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The placenta is an organ made in the womb during pregnancy that gives oxygen and nutrients to a foetus.

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Her foetus had already been diagnosed with severe developmental defects but she was not offered an abortion and later died from septic shock following the death of her baby.

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