- a variation of fetus.
foetus
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The community believes that a pregnant woman should not be buried with the foetus inside her - needing to "travel light" into the afterlife.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 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 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
Called foetus in foetu, the condition is extremely rare, with fewer than 200 cases reported worldwide until now, a handful of which were in India.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
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
There are just two perinatal pathologists based at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - they conduct autopsies on foetuses and babies for the whole region.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
"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
These metabolites were absent in the foetuses of germ-free dams, or occurred at least at significantly lower concentrations.
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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