FETUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fetus mean? 

• FETUS (noun)
  The noun FETUS has 1 sense:

1. an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal

  Familiarity information: FETUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FETUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

fetus; foetus

Hypernyms ("fetus" is a kind of...):

craniate; vertebrate (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)

Meronyms (parts of "fetus"):

ductus arteriosus (a blood vessel in a fetus that bypasses pulmonary circulation by connecting the pulmonary artery directly to the ascending aorta; normally closes at birth)

umbilical; umbilical cord (membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fetus"):

monster; teras ((medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus)

abortus (a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body)

baby (an unborn child; a human fetus)

Derivation:

fetal (of or relating to a fetus)

 Context examples 

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Campylobacter fetus.

(Campylobacter fetus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Description of the method by which a fetus is delivered.

(Birth Method of Delivery, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer-specific antigen associated with both tumors and the developing fetus.

(Carcinoembryonic antigen, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually affects children and may be present in the fetus.

(Cardiac Rhabdomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A fetal position during delivery in which the head of the fetus descends into the maternal pelvis.

(Cephalic Presentation, NCI Thesaurus)

A series of maneuvers to determine the position and presenting part of the fetus with respect to the maternal pelvic canal in preparation for labor and the birth process.

(Assessment of Fetal Presentation, NCI Thesaurus)

An assessment of the fetus or the newborn infant for growth and size that is considered within normal ranges.

(Appropriate for Gestational Age, NCI Thesaurus)

A protein normally produced by a fetus.

(AFP, NCI Dictionary)

Any termination of pregnancy happening before the fetus is able to sustain independent life.

(Abortion Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

These trials include pregnant women, women at risk of AIDS, female prostitutes, and women who have perinatally transmitted AIDS to a fetus or newborn.

(AIDS, Clinical Trials on Women, NCI Thesaurus)