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fœtal, fetal, a.|ˈfiːtəl|
[f. fœt-us + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to or of the nature of a fœtus; in the condition of a fœtus.
1811B. Waterhouse Botanist ii. 26 A glutinous substance, laid up for the nourishment of the fœtal animal. 1834J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 663 The action of the fœtal heart. 1858J. H. Bennet Nutrition i. 1 During fœtal life the materials of nutrition are..supplied by the mother. 1859Darwin Orig. Spec. xiv. 397 The presence of teeth in fœtal whales.
fig.1820Coleridge Lett. (1836) I. 88 Meteorology, a science so misnamed, which so far from being in its infancy is not yet in its fetal state. 1890J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. v. 88 Their life was as yet fœtal in the State, their mother.
▸ fetal alcohol syndrome n. (also foetal alcohol syndrome) Med. a syndrome encountered in children of women who consume large quantities of alcohol during pregnancy, characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, microcephaly, other characteristic craniofacial abnormalities, and mild to moderate mental retardation.
1973K. L. Jones & D. W. Smith in Lancet 3 Nov. 999/1 A pattern of altered growth and morphogenesis has lately been described in eight offspring of chronic alcoholic mothers. We call this disorder the ‘*fetal alcohol syndrome’. 1990N.Y. Times 11 Dec. b10/6 About 5,000 babies are born each year with fetal alcohol syndrome, which can cause mental retardation. 2002Disability Now May 39/4 (advt.) Born with cystic fibrosis & foetal alcohol syndrome..she requires constant medication. |