Definition of Foetuses

1. Noun. (plural of foetus) ¹

2. Noun. (hypercorrect) (plural of fœtus) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foetuses

1. foetus [n] - See also: foetus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foetuses

foetopathies
foetopathy
foetoplacental
foetoprotein
foetoproteins
foetor
foetors
foetoscope
foetoscopes
foetoscopy
foetotoxic
foetus
foetus in fetu
foetus papyraceus
foetus sanguinolentis
foetuses (current term)
fog
fog'gage
fog bow
fog collection
fog lamp
fog lamps
fog light
fog lights
fog line
fog oil
fog up
fogash
fogashes
fogbank

Literary usage of Foetuses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"... found in about 20 per cent of foetuses after the sixth month. ... of the ascending colon. foetuses after the seventh month, or even after birth at term, ..."

2. Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London: Vol. I-XLIX, for the Year by Obstetrical Society of London (1901)
"(1) The nature of the foetuses.—Although no records are to be found of foetuses exactly identical with those described here, they belong to a well-known ..."

3. The Principles and practice of obstetrics by Gunning S. Bedford (1869)
"GENTLEMEN—We have not yet spoken of multiple pregnancy, or that character of gestation in which there are two or more foetuses within the uterus. ..."

4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1836)
"After speaking of the supposed resemblance of certain deformed human foetuses to apes, he observes, that the comparison is not so far fetched, ..."

5. An Essay on the Uterine Haemorrhage which Precedes the Delivery of the Full by Edward Rigby (1822)
"... by rny success in turning two foetuses in the seventh month, when the patients were in a state of absolute insensibility from ..."

6. A Collection of Remarkable Cases in Surgery by Paul Fitzsimmons Eve (1857)
"... been able to labor but littl« for two years before, and for several months had been constantly laid up. • SECTION XIV. IMPERFECTLY DEVELOPED foetuses. ..."

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