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Medical Term:

fetus

Pronunciation: fē′tŭs, fē′tŭs-ez

Definition:

  1. The unborn young of a viviparous animal following the embryonic period.
  2. In humans, the product of conception from the end of the eighth week of gestation to the moment of birth.

[L. offspring]

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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