fetationn.

Brit.

/ˌfiːˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌfiˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1600s–1800s faetation, 1600s– fetation, 1600s– foetation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin foetation-, foetatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin foetation-, foetatio (1509 or earlier) < classical Latin fētāt- , past participial stem of fētāre to produce offspring ( < fētus fetus n.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier superfetation n.

Now rare.

The production, formation, development, or gestation of a fetus or embryo; an instance of this; (concrete) a result of this.In quot. 1652 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > [noun] > formation of

fetation1652

1652 J. Ferriby Lawfull Preacher i. 1 Evil is of a multiplying nature, and needs no other fœtation, but liberty, for its production.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ i. 3 The fruitful Fetation and Progeny of Animals.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. vi. 280 The Eggs of Silkworms..being ripen'd to fœtation by the heat of the Sun.

1794 E. Home in J. Hunter Treat. Blood p. xliv The arrangement then proceeds to the formation and incubation of the egg in the fowl, and the process of fœtation in the quadruped.

1824 Lancet 11 Dec. 343/1 This circumstance induced Madame B. to think that there was either an extra uterine fetation, or that there was a double uterus containing another fœtus.

1851 F. H. Ramsbotham Princ. & Pract. Obstetr. Med. (ed. 3) 631 Extra-uterine fœtation.

1898 S. Pozzi Treat. Gynæcol. III. 205 Pinard..has reported 9 cases of extra-uterine fœtation treated by marsupialization.

1907 Practitioner Sept. 399 An ovarian fœtation will never reach any great size without rupturing.

1954 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 87 898/1 Among the more unusual results of such extrauterine fetation is mummification or calcification of the fetus—the lithopedion or ‘stone child’.

1998 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. 178 536/2 Sixty-eight women were excluded for spontaneous abortion.., fetal congenital malformations.., multiple fetation.., and aspirin medication.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fetation
释义	fetationn. Brit. /ˌfiːˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌfiˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1600s–1800s faetation, 1600s– fetation, 1600s– foetation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin foetation-, foetatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin foetation-, foetatio (1509 or earlier) < classical Latin fētāt- , past participial stem of fētāre to produce offspring ( < fētus fetus n.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier superfetation n. Now rare. The production, formation, development, or gestation of a fetus or embryo; an instance of this; (concrete) a result of this.In quot. 1652 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > [noun] > formation of fetation1652 1652 J. Ferriby Lawfull Preacher i. 1 Evil is of a multiplying nature, and needs no other fœtation, but liberty, for its production. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ i. 3 The fruitful Fetation and Progeny of Animals. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. vi. 280 The Eggs of Silkworms..being ripen'd to fœtation by the heat of the Sun. 1794 E. Home in J. Hunter Treat. Blood p. xliv The arrangement then proceeds to the formation and incubation of the egg in the fowl, and the process of fœtation in the quadruped. 1824 Lancet 11 Dec. 343/1 This circumstance induced Madame B. to think that there was either an extra uterine fetation, or that there was a double uterus containing another fœtus. 1851 F. H. Ramsbotham Princ. & Pract. Obstetr. Med. (ed. 3) 631 Extra-uterine fœtation. 1898 S. Pozzi Treat. Gynæcol. III. 205 Pinard..has reported 9 cases of extra-uterine fœtation treated by marsupialization. 1907 Practitioner Sept. 399 An ovarian fœtation will never reach any great size without rupturing. 1954 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 87 898/1 Among the more unusual results of such extrauterine fetation is mummification or calcification of the fetus—the lithopedion or ‘stone child’. 1998 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. 178 536/2 Sixty-eight women were excluded for spontaneous abortion.., fetal congenital malformations.., multiple fetation.., and aspirin medication. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1652
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