单词	fetus
释义	fetusfe‧tus /ˈfiːtəs/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINfetus Origin: 1300-1400 Latin ‘giving birth, things born’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS IGF2R helps stop the fetus from overgrowing the womb. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told of one woman who had the procedure done after discovering her fetus had no brain. The psychological advantages or disadvantages on woman and fetus must be addressed and researched so that informed decisions can still be made. The skull then is crushed so the fetus can be withdrawn through the birth canal without inducing labor. To those with an affected fetus, early diagnosis provides the option of early termination. We know how fetuses grow, but what makes a fetus a living person? When awake, he lay motionless, coiled like a fetus and almost as helpless. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora baby that is still developing in its mother's body► unborn child/baby · Doctors do not know what the long-term effects of the drug will be on the unborn child.· Petra could feel her unborn baby moving inside her. ► fetus/foetus British a baby that is developing in its mother's body - used especially by doctors: · By the end of the third month of pregnancy the foetus is a miniature human being.· The research focuses on how alcohol may harm the fetus. ► embryo a baby that is in the very early stage of development inside its mother's body: · When first formed, the embryo is only half a millimetre long.· The government has banned all scientific research using human embryos. WORD SETS► Birth afterbirth, nounantenatal, adjectiveartificial insemination, nounbaby blues, nounbarren, adjectivebarrier method, nounbear, verbbirth control, nounbreast-feed, verbbreech birth, nouncaesarean, nouncap, nounchildbearing, nounchildbirth, nounconceive, verbconfinement, nouncontraception, nouncontraction, nounC-section, noundeliver, verbdelivery, noundiaphragm, nounDutch cap, nounembryo, nounembryology, nouneugenics, nounfamily planning, nounfertility, nounfertility drug, nounfertilize, verbfetal, adjectivefetus, nounfoetal position, nounfoetus, nounfull-term, adjectivegestation, noungonad, nounincubator, nouninduce, verbinduction, nouninfant mortality rate, nouninfertile, adjectiveIUD, nounIVF, nounmaternal, adjectivematernity, nounmidwife, nounmidwifery, nounmilk, nounmiscarriage, nounmiscarry, verbmorning-after pill, nounmorning sickness, nounmother-to-be, nounmum-to-be, nounnatal, adjectivenatural, adjectivenatural childbirth, nounneuter, verbnurse, verbobstetrics, nounoral contraceptive, nounoviduct, nounovulate, verbovum, nounperinatal, adjectivepostnatal, adjectivepreemie, nounpregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectivepresentation, nounprocreate, verbproduce, verbquickening, nounreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverhythm method, nounspay, verbsterile, adjectivesterilize, verbstillbirth, nounstillborn, adjectivestretch mark, nounsurrogate mother, nounswaddle, verbswaddling clothes, nountermination, nountest-tube baby, nountrimester, nounultrasound, nounumbilical cord, noununborn, adjectivewean, verbzygote, noun the usual American spelling of foetus
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