Concept cluster: Biology > Fetus
n
(medicine) A form of early miscarried pregnancy in which the embryo fails to develop, though the gestational sac appears to grow normally.
n
(medicine, rare) Pregnancy.
n
obsolete typography of coeliac plexus
adj
(medicine, informal) Short for dichorionic-diamniotic.
adj
Alternative form of embryofetal [Relating to the embryo and fetus.]
n
Alternative form of emmenagogue [(medicine) An herb that stimulates blood flow in the pelvic area and uterus, causing menstruation.]
adj
Alternative spelling of oestral [oestrous]
adj
(medicine) Causing estrus.
adj
Alternative spelling of fecal [Of or relating to feces.]
n
Initialism of fetal alcohol syndrome. [(medicine) Any of a spectrum of birth defects that result from excessive alcohol consumption by the mother during pregnancy]
adj
(embryology) Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.
n
(medicine) Any of a spectrum of birth defects and developmental disorders, including fetal alcohol syndrome, occurring in a person exposed to alcohol during pregnancy.
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(medicine) Any of a spectrum of birth defects that result from excessive alcohol consumption by the mother during pregnancy
adj
(medicine) Relating to, or communicating between two fetuses, especially twin fetuses; twin-to-twin.
n
The scientific study of fetuses.
n
The pathology of the fetus
n
A vanishing twin that, rather than being completely reabsorbed, is compressed by its growing twin to a flattened, parchment-like condition.
adj
(medicine) Alternative spelling of fetofetal [(medicine) Relating to, or communicating between two fetuses, especially twin fetuses; twin-to-twin.]
n
Alternative spelling of fetology [The scientific study of fetuses.]
adj
Alternative form of fetomaternal [(medicine) Having to do with a fetus and its mother.]
n
Alternative form of fetometry [The measurement of a fetus, typically by X-ray examination]
n
Alternative spelling of fetopathy [(pathology) Any disease of a fetus.]
adj
Alternative form of fetopelvic [Relating to the fetus and the mother's pelvis.]
n
Alternative spelling of fetoprotein [(biochemistry) Any of several antigens produced in a developing embryo, of which the most common is alpha-fetoprotein]
n
Alternative spelling of fetus in fetu [(medicine, obstetrics) A fetus growing inside the body of another fetus, either from an unsuccessful twin pregnancy, or as a tumorlike growth.]
adj
Relating to, or caused by gestation (pregnancy)
adj
Alternative form of maternofetal [Of or pertaining to both mother and fetus.]
adj
(medicine) Of a contraceptive method, based on the monitoring of the woman's cervical mucus and changes in her body temperature.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Müllerian. [Relating to, or discovered by, the German physiologist Johannes Peter Müller (1801-1858).]
adj
Alternative spelling of estrogenic [(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or acting like estrogen.]
adv
Alternative form of estrogenically [In estrogenic terms.]
adj
Alternative form of estrogenized [Of female genitalia: modified by the presence of estrogen]
adj
Alternative form of oncofetal [Typically present only during fetal development, but also found in adults with certain cancers.]
adj
Relating to parturition
adj
Relating to preimplantation
adj
(biology, medicine) Of or pertaining to progesterone.
n
pseudocyesis or false pregnancy
n
(gynaecology) A laboratory test in the evaluation of infertility. The test examines the cervical mucus in the postcoital period.
adj
Alternative form of urogynecological [Relating to urogynecology.]
n
(obstetrics, pathology) A condition where one set of twins or multiple embryos dies in utero, disappears, or is resorbed partially or entirely.
adj
Obsolete spelling of estrogenic [(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or acting like estrogen.]

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