foetus

plural foetuses · hypercorrect plural foeti

1. CommonwealthalternativeAlternative spelling of fetus.

   The foetus gains all its food and oxygen from the mother during pregnancy.

   2006, Denise Walker, Reproduction, Breathing and Health, →ISBN, page 23

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   Amongst professional men, who have examined this singular foetus, a variety of opinions and conjectures have been formed, some of which it maybe well to notice.

   1815, Nathaniel Highmore, Case of a Foetus Found in the Abdomen of a Young Man

   During the last 10 weeks in utero the foetus stores very considerable amounts of energy in the form of fat.

   1990, James M. Tanner, Foetus Into Man: Physical Growth from Conception to Maturity, →ISBN, page 40

   But there were clues in their reproduction: all afrotherians have unusual placentas and produce more foetuses than can be nurtured in the womb.

   2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 59

   After 20 weeks, two medical doctors from a ministerially appointed panel of at least six must agree the pregnant woman or foetus has a severe medical condition.

   2018 September 13, Erica Miller, “Where Australia stands on abortion”, in CNN