2. Noun. (hypercorrect) (plural of fœtus) ¹
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Definition of Foetuses
1. foetus [n] - See also: foetus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foetuses
Literary usage of Foetuses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"... found in about 20 per cent of foetuses after the sixth month. ... of the
ascending colon. foetuses after the seventh month, or even after birth at term, ..."
2. Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London: Vol. I-XLIX, for the Year by Obstetrical Society of London (1901)
"(1) The nature of the foetuses.—Although no records are to be found of foetuses
exactly identical with those described here, they belong to a well-known ..."
3. The Principles and practice of obstetrics by Gunning S. Bedford (1869)
"GENTLEMEN—We have not yet spoken of multiple pregnancy, or that character of
gestation in which there are two or more foetuses within the uterus. ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1836)
"After speaking of the supposed resemblance of certain deformed human foetuses to
apes, he observes, that the comparison is not so far fetched, ..."
5. An Essay on the Uterine Haemorrhage which Precedes the Delivery of the Full by Edward Rigby (1822)
"... by rny success in turning two foetuses in the seventh month, when the patients
were in a state of absolute insensibility from ..."
6. A Collection of Remarkable Cases in Surgery by Paul Fitzsimmons Eve (1857)
"... been able to labor but littl« for two years before, and for several months
had been constantly laid up. • SECTION XIV. IMPERFECTLY DEVELOPED foetuses. ..."
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