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Definitions for Fetus

[1] (used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
[2] the embryo of a mammal in the later stages of development, when it shows all the main recognizable features of the mature animal, esp a human embryo from the end of the second month of pregnancy until birth Compare embryo (def. 2)

Words related to Fetus

embryo, blastosphere, blastula

Words nearby Fetus

fettler, fettling, fettuccine, fettuccine alfredo, fettucine, fetus, fetus papyraceus, feu, feu de joie, feuar, feuchtwanger

Origin of Fetus

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin fētus bringing forth of young, hence that which is born, offspring, young still in the womb, equivalent to fē- (v. base attested in L only in noun derivatives, as fēmina woman, fēcundus fecund, etc.; compare Greek thēsthai to suck, milk, Old High German tāan to suck, Old Irish denid (he) sucks) + -tus suffix of v. action

Other words from Fetus

fetal adjective

Word origin for Fetus

C14: from Latin: offspring, brood

Synonyms for Fetus

blastosphere, blastula, embryo, developing infant, fertilized egg