Lexic.us

Definition of Fetal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a fetus. "Fetal development"

Definition of Fetal

1. a. Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes.

Definition of Fetal

1. Adjective. (embryology) Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fetal

1. pertaining to a fetus [adj] - See also: fetus

Medical Definition of Fetal

1. Of or pertaining to a foetus, pertaining to in utero development after the embryonic period. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fetal

Literary usage of Fetal

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

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The maternal and fetal adrenals have also been shown to be sensitive to ... (3) reported an increase in fetal adrenal blood flow with prostaglandin EI ..."

2. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"The widespread use of electronic fetal monitoring in low-risk pregnancies ... Clinical Intervention: Clinicians should auscultate and record the fetal heart ..."

3. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States Bureau of Animal Industry, Vickers T. Atkinson, William Dickson, William Heyser Harbaugh, James Law, John Robbins Mohler, A. J. Murray, William Herbert Lowe, Leonard Pearson, Brayton Howard Ransom, Milton R. Trumbower, Richard West Hickma (1916)
"On the outer surface of this membrane are found the fetal ... The relation of the fetal and maternal cotyledons to each other is illustrated ou the ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The chief peculiarities of the fetal heart are the direct communication between ... (1) In early fetal life the heart lies immediately below the mandibular ..."

5. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"Armstrong" describes an anomalous case of pregnancy in a syphilitic patient who discharged fetal bones by the rectum. Bubendorf b reports the spontaneous ..."

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