postfetal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

post- +‎ fetal

Adjective[edit]

postfetal (not comparable)

  1. After the fetal stage; after birth.
    • 2013, T. L. Yaskh, Spinal Afferent Processing, page 28:
      The numbers of Meissner corpuscles drop rapidly with postfetal growth and then slowly decline with age.

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