Fetus Synonyms

fētəs
An unborn offspring of a vertebrate animal that is still in the uterus or egg, esp. in its later stages and specif., in humans, from about the eighth week after conception until birth
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. embryo
  2. foetus
  3. unborn-child
  4. germ
  5. blastular
  6. organism
  7. unborn vertebrate
  8. unhatched vertebrate

Words Related to Fetus

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. neonate
  2. foetal
  3. in-utero
  4. conceptus
  5. placentae
  6. uterus
  7. testis
  8. placenta

Fetus Sentence Examples

  • He thought of Edith Shipton, impregnated by a man she hated and who seemed not to have wanted an intrusive fetus invading her life.

  • The biggest part of the fetus's body is usually its head.

  • Women who have become infected six months or more before conception do not pass the infection on to their fetus, because the organism has become dormant (inactive) and formed thick-walled cysts in muscle and other tissues of the body.

  • Seeing him curled up in a fetus position really unnerved me.

  • From the third month to the point of delivery, the individual is called a fetus.

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