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
She curled up like a fetus on the floor and surrendered to her pain.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
