fetus
Example Sentences
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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
FDA chief Marty Makary explained that acetaminophen is the only approved over-the-counter drug to treat high fevers in pregnancy that can damage a fetus, and that “the choice still belongs with parents.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
Fevers can harm the fetus and have been associated with autism and ADHD.
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 some mutants, whole segments of the embryo disappeared, or the thorax or abdominal compartments were drastically shortened—analogous to a human fetus born with no middle or with no hind segment.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
