fetal
adjective
fe·tal
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Definition of fetal
: of, relating to, or being a fetus
Examples of fetal in a Sentence
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Earlier this year, the South Carolina House passed a heartbeat bill, which bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected except in the cases of certain medical emergencies. — Caitlin Conant, CBS News, "2020 Daily Trail Markers: Democrats take aim at Trump over Hong Kong," 14 Aug. 2019 In May, Georgia passed the law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, the time when a doctor can allegedly detect a fetal heartbeat. — Tomás Mier, PEOPLE.com, "Tiffany Haddish on Canceling Georgia Show: No One 'Should Determine How You Control Your Body'," 20 June 2019 The legislation—signed this month and set to go into effect in 2019, if isn’t shot down by a legal challenge—would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, or about six weeks into a pregnancy. — Lila Maclellan, Quartz at Work, "Employee activism is great—until it pits colleagues against each other," 1 June 2019 Alabama was not the first state to enact the oppressive legislature; early last week, Georgia's Governor Brian Kemp signed into effect a fetal heartbeat bill to the raucous applause of Republicans in the state. — Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, "Two Republican Politicians In Georgia Literally Fist-Bumped After Banning Abortion," 16 May 2019 But Kjersti Aagaard, a maternal fetal medicine specialist at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, isn’t swayed by the latest result. — Juanita Bawagan, Science | AAAS, "Babies get critical gut bacteria from their mother at birth, placenta study suggests," 31 July 2019 One study found thatfertility rates in women dropped and fetal death rates soared. — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, "‘We’re old news, but we’re still living this’ — mistrust still flows in Flint," 30 July 2019 Specialist services, additional screenings, fetal monitoring, and earlier interventions are all strongly recommended if the mother becomes pregnant again. — Joni Hess, Vox, "From diagnostics to autopsy to burial, stillbirths are alarmingly expensive in America," 30 July 2019 Six years ago when Ewart was 23, she and her partner were told that her pregnancy had a fatal fetal diagnosis, and that her baby would not survive outside the womb. — Suyin Haynes, Time, "After 158 Years U.K. Lawmakers Have Voted to Decriminalize Abortion in Northern Ireland. The Fight's Not Over Yet," 25 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fetal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for fetal
fetal
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of fetal
: of or relating to a developing animal or human being that is not yet born : of or relating to a fetus
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fetal
adjective
fe·tal
variants:
or chiefly British foetal \ ˈfēt-ᵊl
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Medical Definition of fetal
: of, relating to, or being a fetus
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