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Fetus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1022 words)
	A fetus (alternatively foetus or fœtus) is an unborn vertebrate offspring after the embryonary stage.
	Foetus is an English variation on this rather than a Latin or Greek word.
	In general, the medical community only permits the spelling fetus, but the spelling foetus persists in the wider community, most notably in Britain, and is accepted in some dictionaries.

SLS · Further Links· The Foetus As A Personality (5059 words)
	It is the foetus who guarantees the endocrine success of pregnancy and induces all manner of changes in maternal physiology to make her a suitable host.
	Even in labour the foetus is not entirely passive - neither the toothpaste in the tube nor the cork in the champagne bottle, as required by the old hydraulic theories of the mechanics of labour.
	The foetus who is severely constrained in utero like a pound of deep frozen sausages with extreme oligohydramnios presents an assortment of compression deformities with severe restriction of joint range of movement.

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