fetus
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The show pairs the painting with a Kiki Smith sculpture, created over five decades later, that portrays the papery form of a woman from the waist down, her fetus dangling by an umbilical cord.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
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
Like they’re so mature and all-knowing, and I’m some kind of half-formed fetus.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
