Alternative spelling of fetial. [Of or relating to a fetial (member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations); (by extension) ambassadorial, heraldic.]
Alternative form of fetal alcohol syndrome [(medicine) Any of a spectrum of birth defects that result from excessive alcohol consumption by the mother during pregnancy]
Obsolete form of posterior. [(medicine) Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.]
(informal) An embryo conceived through in vitro fertilization and cryopreserved for later use in an attempt to achieve pregnancy through embryo transfer.
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