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fetus

[fee-tuhs] / ˈfi təs /


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According to the researchers, maintaining vaccination programs and other preventive measures remains important for reducing infections that can pass from a pregnant woman to a developing fetus.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

This is not the first case in which a surrogate has refused to terminate a pregnancy after the intended parents learned that the fetus had serious birth defects.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Bush, who was arrested at Heathrow Airport after returning from a holiday in the US, was not charged with denying Ness's baby a burial because of the age of the fetus.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

It is considered the safest option for treating pain and fever in pregnant women, as other medications, including aspirin or ibuprofen, present proven risks to the fetus -- as do untreated fevers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

The dirtiest of all tricks for passive carriage is perpetrated by microbes that pass from a woman to her fetus and thereby infect babies already at birth.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

He specializes in treating high-risk pregnancies, from cases of eclampsia, hypertension, or gestational diabetes to patients with multiple fetuses.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

Such tools could help detect consciousness in patients with brain injuries or dementia and determine when awareness arises in fetuses, animals, brain organoids, or even AI systems.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026

Pregnant women typically take folate supplements to prevent neural tube defects in developing fetuses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2025

There is some reason for optimism: The EPA last month issued a rare emergency order to stop the use of another weedkiller, dachthal, that poses a significant risk to fetuses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2024

In 1997 an archaeologist and a medical doctor with archaeological leanings identified them as human fetuses.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann



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