fetus

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[edit] English

A fetus at eight weeks from conception.

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin fētus (offspring).

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Singular
fetus

Plural
fetuses

fetus (plural fetuses)

  1. (embryology) An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
  2. (embryology) A human embryo after the 8th week of gestation.

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Generally, fetus is accepted as the correct spelling especially in the scientific community whereas foetus is still commonly used in Commonwealth countries such as the UK.

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  • Anagrams of efstu
  • UTFSE

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fētus m. (feminine fēta, neuter fētum); first/second declension

  1. Pregnant, full of young.
  2. Fruitful, productive.
  3. Of one who has recently given birth; nursing.

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Number Singular Plural
Case \ Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative fētus fēta fētum fētī fētae fēta
genitive fētī fētae fētī fētōrum fētārum fētōrum
dative fētō fētae fētō fētīs fētīs fētīs
accusative fētum fētam fētum fētōs fētās fēta
ablative fētō fētā fētō fētīs fētīs fētīs
vocative fēte fēta fētum fētī fētae fēta

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fētus (genitive fētūs); m, fourth declension

  1. A bearing, birth, bringing forth.
  2. Offspring, young, progeny.
  3. Fruit, produce.
  4. (figuratively) Growth, production.

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Number Singular Plural
nominative fētus fētūs
genitive fētūs fētuum
dative fētuī fētibus
accusative fētum fētūs
ablative fētū fētibus
vocative fētus fētūs

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  • fetus” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)