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fetal

especially British, ڴDZ·ٲ

[feet-l]

adjective

Embryology.
  1. of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.



fetal

/ ˈھːə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling 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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Other Word Forms

  • postfetal adjective
  • postfoetal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fetal1

First recorded in 1735–45; fet(us) + -al 1
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Just three months later, Ohio voters returned to the polls and approved a new Issue 1 — this time a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights up to fetal viability.

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“I was in the fetal position,” he said.

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One executive order aimed to end "forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion" domestically, while another anti-trans action he signed included language implicating fetal personhood.

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In 2025, lawmakers in at least these eleven states introduced bills aimed at backing fetal personhood.

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To study infections during pregnancy loss, ProPublica identified all hospitalizations that included miscarriages, terminations and births from the beginning of the second trimester up to 22 weeks’ gestation, before fetal viability.

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