fetus

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Scientists have shown that this ratio reflects the balance of estrogen and testosterone a fetus is exposed to during the first trimester of pregnancy.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

Conversely, maternal cells circulating in the pregnant mother’s bloodstream commonly slip through into the fetus and get incorporated into its body.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Anti-inflammatory medicines like aspirin can endanger the fetus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

At her 10-week appointment, she learned that her child had triploidy, a genetic condition where a fetus has three sets of chromosomes instead of two, and would miscarry late-term or die at birth.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2025

In the womb, the minihuman was expanded to the size of the fetus.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee