fetus

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.4.4 References 1.4.5 See also 1.4.6 External links 1.5 Anagrams 2 Latin 2.1 Adjective 2.1.1 Inflection 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 2.2.2 Descendants 2.3 Related terms 2.4 References

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (Commonwealth) foetus, fœtus
• (archaic) phoetus, phœtus
• (obsolete) faetus, fætus

[edit] Etymology

From Latin fētus (“‘offspring’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfiːtəs/
• Rhymes: -iːtəs

[edit] Noun

fetus (plural fetuses)

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

[edit] Usage notes

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.

[edit] Derived terms

• fetal

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• Health Online

[edit] See also

• embryo

[edit] External links

• Fetus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of efstu
• UTFSE

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Adjective

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.

[edit] Inflection

• First and second declensions (1&2).

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

[edit] Noun

fētus (genitive fētūs); m, fourth declension

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

[edit] Inflection

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

[edit] Descendants

[edit] Related terms

[edit] References

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