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fetal

[feet-l] / ˈfit l /
ADJECTIVE
prenatal
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Good studied creative writing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and in 2020 she won an undergraduate prize from the Academy of American Poets for her piece titled On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

Fetal cells can seemingly weave themselves into a mother’s damaged tissue and repair it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

The research was presented at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine’s annual pregnancy meeting in National Harbor, Md. An abstract was published in a supplement to the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology in January.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

Fetal alcohol syndrome disorder can take a variety of forms.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2023

Fetal hormones, taking chromosomal cues, inhibit Miillerian structures, promote Wolffian ducts.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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