fetus
English Thesaurus
1. an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | craniate, vertebrate, |
| definition | : | animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | monster, teras, |
| definition | : | (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | abortus, |
| definition | : | a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | baby, |
| definition | : | an unborn child; a human fetus (noun.person) |
| part holonym | : | ductus arteriosus, |
| definition | : | a blood vessel in a fetus that bypasses pulmonary circulation by connecting the pulmonary artery directly to the ascending aorta; normally closes at birth (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | umbilical, umbilical cord, |
| definition | : | membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | fetal, foetal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a fetus (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | fetal, foetal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a fetus (adj.pert) |
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