Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chiefly British Variant of fetus.
Wiktionary
- n. chiefly UK, hypercorrect alternative spelling of fetus.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Same as fetus.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
Etymologies
- Hypercorrect spelling of fetus attested since the 16th century; from Latin fetus ("bringing forth offspring"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The position held above in the comments that a foetus is just a set of cells and not a person is refuted with a consideration of simple geography: compare a 7-month premature baby kept alive in an incubator, with a 7-month "foetus" in the womb.”
“Milk and egg allergy 'worse for winter conceptions', and springtime pollen in foetus '11th week is key, says study”
The Guardian: Chance of developing allergies linked to month of conception
“If the foetus is not a human person, then the rights of the one in the situation who is a human person (viz. the pregnant woman) are clearly paramount.”
“Most abortions take place well before the foetus is "human", ie. before it could grow and survive without its mother's uterus.”
“Scientists have suggested that the higher the level of testosterone, the more masculine the resulting foetus is likely to be, with its associated traits of strength, fertility and mathematical ability.”
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“The human body constantly generates new blood vessels: as a foetus is formed, for example, or as a healthy body grows, or as the body heals itself after an injury.”
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“I would be hard pressed supporting the termination of a near-term foetus without a pretty good explanation, to add another data point, this time on the "pro life" side of the equation.”
“Although the foetus is developing within the mother’s body, it is a body in itself - a different life in a relationship of symbiosis with the body of the mother in order to be developed.”
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“What common ground could there possibly be between those who believe life begins at conception and therefore should be protected, and those who believe a foetus is a cluster of disposable cells.”
“The question about whether a foetus is a human being with all the same rights as a breathing, independent individual is one I cannot answer.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘foetus’.
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SCIE - Be the first...
... to use these words in spoken English and reap esteem. In the SPOKEN corpus of the COCA (full corpus: 450 million words) none of these occur.
stochastic, disputant, state-led, almshouse, exceptionality, bibliographical, t-test, z-score, personal/social, neoplastic, stroma, ludic and 288 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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Words that have "ae" or "oe"
Add any words you know that have these letter combinations!
acoelous, cacoethes, aeschylean, aborvitae, phaeochrous, aeneous, algae, aesthetic, aerobics, daedal, vitae, minutiae and 53 more...
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je les adore!
fusillade, foal, celestial, abattoir, byzantium, berlin, casablanca, babylon, balkans, albion, avalon, between the devil... and 471 more...
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bearfax december 2006
opulent, spot, kaffee, sift, cedar, pushy, buckwheat, zydeco, chemeketa, hood, blood, food and 107 more...
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vivek's list
flibbertigibbet, droll, reticence, prelude, erinaceous, brinkmanship, depone, inaniloquent, limerance, pronk, onomatopoeia, oxymoron and 385 more...
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La Donya Donna
bellibone, mellifluous, swarf, vim, estival, euphonious, foetus, flummox, pulchritudinous, nonpareil, titivation, veridical and 12 more...
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Brave New World
Words gathered while reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
penitente, pyrrhonic, ossuary, henry-georgian, kropotkinesque, scopolamine, bokanovsky, semi-moron, hypnopaedia, welfare-tyranny, fretsawyer, theremogene and 85 more...
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I like: F
faen, faery, fait accompli, farfalle, fascist, fata morgana, fatalist, fatherland, faun, fenrir, ferrule, festival and 26 more...
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oh-eee-oh-eee-oh
words with oe that aren't:
plurals (tomatoes)
tenses (vetoed)
or compound latin thingies (electroencephalograph)amoeba, subpoena, throe, cooee, phoebe, goethe, oeuvre, pekoe, loess, sloe, canoe, phooey and 20 more...
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chiefly british
windlestraw, boffin, poppet, bloody, motorway, telly, git, tyre, windscreen, zebra crossing, panda car, lorry and 61 more...
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five
this is just a list okay
opium, bramble, rivulet, coulee, smoulder, velvet, veil, ribbon, gin, cognac, schnapps, juniper and 88 more...
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no really: this is how it's spelt
foetus, gaol, travelling, marvellous, defence, realisation, snivelling, chuse, connexion, paralysed
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college
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the right way to spell them
Tweets
Looking for tweets for foetus.
reesetee My pleasure. And Happy Foetus. Aug 31, 2009
chained_bear YESSS!!! YEESSSSSS!!! Thank you, reesetee!! Aug 28, 2009
bilby There are things on mudflaps? *shakes head* Aug 28, 2009
reesetee This.
Oh, and c_b, this may be what you were hoping for at the other link. Aug 28, 2009
bilby What's with all the mudflappage? Aug 28, 2009
reesetee Nope. Definitely not a mudflap lady. Plus you're at risk of...uh...losing the fetus if you're not careful.
That didn't sound as ridiculous in my head. Aug 28, 2009
chained_bear ... really? Is it like a mudflap-looking lady, but she's pregnant? That would be teh alsome.
Edit: Went to look. Disappointed. Is not mudflap lady. Aug 27, 2009
reesetee Well, it's a bit better than the Pregnant Lady Keychain. Aug 27, 2009
bilby Here.
I'm sure sionnach will love that site as there's lots of cheap stuff under $7. Aug 27, 2009
Prolagus It reminds me of Cake Wrecks. Aug 27, 2009
chained_bear ... I need one of those. Aug 27, 2009
bilby Cookie cutter. Aug 27, 2009