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fetus
foetus (non-technical)
noun fetuses, foetuses
    1. The embryo of a viviparous mammal during the later stages of development in the uterus, when it has started to resemble the fully-formed animal.
    2. The human embryo from the end of the eighth week after conception until birth.
Etymology: 14c: from Latin fetus offspring, incorrectly written foetus from the 16c to the late 1980s, and still often seen as foetus in non-technical contexts.



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