foe·tal

(fēt′l)

adj. Chiefly British

Variant of fetal.

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foetal

(ˈfiːtəl)

adj

(Anatomy) a variant spelling of fetal

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Adj.

foetal - of or relating to a fetus; "fetal development"

fetal

Translations

جَنيني

zárodečný

foster-

fötal

foetal

magzati

fóstur-

fetale

dölüte ait

胎儿的

foetal

fetal (US) [ˈfiːtl] ADJ → fetal

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foetal

[ˈfiːt^əl] fetal (US) adj [development] → fœtal(e); [position] → fœtal(e)

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foetal

, (esp US) fetal

adj → fötal

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foetal

fetal (Am) [ˈfiːtl] adj → fetale

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foetus

(American) fetus (ˈfiːtəs) noun

a young human being, animal, bird etc in the early stages of development before it is born or hatched.

ˈfoetal , (American) ˈfetal adjective

of a foetus. in a foetal position.

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Excepting in its foetal state, Man is without a tail, a privation of which he attests an hereditary and uneasy consciousness by the coat-skirt of the male and the train of the female, and by a marked tendency to ornament that part of his attire where the tail should be, and indubitably once was.

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Some of the cases of rudimentary organs are extremely curious; for instance, the presence of teeth in foetal whales, which when grown up have not a tooth in their heads; and the presence of teeth, which never cut through the gums, in the upper jaws of our unborn calves.

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Early perinatal outcome in cases delivered through Caesarean section following clinical diagnosis of sever foetal distress at Kenyatta National Hospital.

OBSTETRICAL AND FETAL OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL CARDIOTOCOGRAPH

Sonographic foetal measurements in a cohort of population of Karachi, Pakistan.

Fetal Biometry in the Population of Southern Punjab, Pakistan

US Black US White disparities in foetal growth: physiological or pathological?

DETERMINATION OF MEAN FETAL TRANSCEREBELLAR DIAMETER AS A PREDICTIVE BIOMETRIC PARAMETER IN THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY IN CORRELATION WITH FETAL GESTATIONAL AGE

Pregnancies associated with arrested foetal growth and reduce activity warrant thorough assessment of fetal well-being and should not be overlooked.

COMMON RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH INTRAUTERINE FETAL DEATH

Summary: Gowri Ramanathan, Head of obstetrics & gynaecology, Danat Al Emarat Hospital on foetal medicine

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INTRODUCTION: Accurate estimation of foetal weight can help the obstetrician in knowing the 000salvagibility of the baby outside the uterus, as birth weight is the principle variable affecting the survival of the neonate.

Comparative study of foetal weight estimation by various methods among term pregnancies at rural tertiary care centre, Maharashtra

He publicly asked the question: 'Would it not be possible to judge the state of health or illness of the foetus from the variations in the strength and frequency of the foetal heart beat?

Auscultation--the action of listening

(37.) For an analysis of the evidence about light drinking and the confusion of the categories of binge drinking and light drinking see Genevieve Knupfer, "Abstaining for Foetal Health: The Fiction that Even Light Drinking Is Dangerous," British Journal of Addiction 86 (1991): 1063-73.

"AN ARGUMENT THAT GOES BACK TO THE WOMB": THE DEMEDICALIZATION OF FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME, 1973-1992