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Fetus(Topical Term)

Preferred form: Fetus
Used for/see from:
  • n: Fetal Tissue
  • n: Fetuses
  • n: Mummified Fetus
  • n: Retained Fetus
  • Fetal Structures
  • n: Fetal Structure
  • n: Fetal Tissues
  • n: Fetus, Mummified
  • n: Fetus, Retained
  • n: Structure, Fetal
  • n: Structures, Fetal
  • n: Tissue, Fetal
  • n: Tissues, Fetal

mammalian only; human: 3d month to term; fetus in fetu: index under FETUS /abnorm; FETUS and PREGNANCY: Manual 18.4.3, 21.55; specialty for fetus & newborn infant = PERINATOLOGY; lithopedion: coordinate FETUS (IM) + CALCINOSIS (IM); intrauterine surgery goes under FETUS /surg; fetal organs & tissues in tissue & cell cultures: coordinate FETUS + organ or tissue without qualifiers + culture term, all probably NIM

The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN.

1972 (1963)

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