fetus
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Bush, who was arrested at Heathrow Airport after returning from a holiday in the US, was not charged with denying Ness's baby a burial because of the age of the fetus.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
It is considered the safest option for treating pain and fever in pregnant women, as other medications, including aspirin or ibuprofen, present proven risks to the fetus -- as do untreated fevers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Included in the slideshow they posted Thursday is what appears to be a sonogram image of a fetus in a womb, throwing a “rock on” hand signal.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
She died with her fetus still in her womb.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
She looked like a bottled fetus that had escaped from its jar of formaldehyde in a Biology lab and unshriveled and thickened with age.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Moms can transfer measles antibodies to their fetuses, and those can stick around for a few months after birth.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2026
Such tools could help detect consciousness in patients with brain injuries or dementia and determine when awareness arises in fetuses, animals, brain organoids, or even AI systems.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
Pregnant women typically take folate supplements to prevent neural tube defects in developing fetuses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2025
Grandjean argued that fluoride is toxic to humans' central nervous systems, particularly in small children and fetuses because their brains are experiencing critical stages in their development.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2024
If they slept there, she and Estha, curled together like fetuses in a shallow steel womb, what would Hulk Hogan and Bam Bam Bigelow do?
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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