fetus
Example Sentences
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Although prior immunity usually protects the fetus, routine screening is not available in some countries, highlighting the challenges of managing an infection that is widespread but often symptom-free.
From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026
In the interim, it lurks underground in stasis, almost like a fetus in the womb.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025
Cells from older biological siblings—or even the mother’s relatives—can end up inside the fetus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
Quadros’s research has found that a specific autoantibody blocks the transport of folate from mother to fetus during pregnancy and when present after birth, the infant’s brain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 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.
