foetus
Americannoun
plural
foetusesnoun
Example Sentences
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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
The woman and the doctors were aware of defects affecting her foetus, but the termination of her pregnancy was delayed.
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
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