English-Thai Dictionary

fetus

N ทารกในครรภ์  ตัวอ่อน ใน ครรภ์  embryo unborn child ta-rok-nai-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FETUS

n.plu. fetuses. [L. faetus.] The young of viviparous animals in the womb, and of oviparous animals in the egg, after it is perfectly formed; before which time it is called embryo. A young animal then is called a fetus from the time its parts are distinctly formed, till its birth. Feu de joie, fire of joy, a French phrase for a bonfire, or a firing of guns in token of joy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FETUOUS

FETUOUS Fet "u *ous, a.

 

Defn: Neat; feat. [Obs. ] Herrick.

 

FETUS

Fe "tus, n.; pl. Fetuses. Etym: [L. fetus, foetus, a bringing forth, brood, offspring, young ones, cf. fetus fruitful, fructified, that is or was filled with young; akin to E. fawn a deer, fecundity, felicity, feminine, female, and prob. to do, or according to others, to be. ]

 

Defn: The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages. [Written also foetus. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fetus

fe tus |ˈfētəs ˈfidəs |(Brit. (in nontechnical use ) also foetus ) ▶noun ( pl. fetuses ) an unborn offspring of a mammal, in particular an unborn human baby more than eight weeks after conception. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, ‘pregnancy, childbirth, offspring. ’ usage: The spelling foetus has no etymological basis but is recorded from the 16th century and until recently was the standard British spelling in both technical and nontechnical use. In technical usage, fetus is now the standard spelling throughout the English-speaking world.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fetus

fetus |ˈfiːtəs |(Brit. (in non-technical use ) also foetus ) ▶noun ( pl. fetuses ) an unborn or unhatched offspring of a mammal, in particular, an unborn human more than eight weeks after conception. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin fetus ‘pregnancy, childbirth, offspring ’. usage: The spelling foetus has no etymological basis but is recorded from the 16th century and until recently was the standard British spelling in both technical and non-technical use. In technical usage fetus is now the standard spelling throughout the English-speaking world, but foetus is still found in British English outside technical contexts.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fetus

fetus noun an ultrasonic photo of the fetus: embryo, unborn baby /child.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fetus, foetus

fetus, foetus noun antibodies are passed via the placenta to the fetus: embryo, fertilized egg, unborn baby, unborn child. WORD LINKS fetus feticide killing of a fetus Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Duden Dictionary

Fetus

Fe tus Substantiv, maskulin Medizin , der Fötus |F e tus |der Fetus; Genitiv: des Fetus und Fetusses, Fetusse und Feten lateinisch fetus, foetus = Kind, Sprössling; das Zeugen, Gebären, zu einem Verb mit der Bedeutung »säugen «[menschliche ] Leibesfrucht vom 4. Monat der Schwangerschaft an

 

French Dictionary

fétu

fétu n. m. nom masculin Brin. : Des fétus de paille.

 

Spanish Dictionary

fetua

fetua (también fatua )nombre femenino Respuesta que da un muftí musulmán a una consulta jurídica .

 

fetuchini

fetuchini nombre masculino Pasta italiana de forma alargada, plana y delgada, de medio centímetro de ancho aproximadamente .Puede encontrarse la grafía italiana fettuccini .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fetus

fe tus ｟英 ｠foe tus /fíːtəs /名詞 C (哺乳 （ほにゆう ）動物, 特に人間の )胎児 (→embryo ).