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The young or embryo of a vertebrate animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals. showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal, embryo being applied to the earlier stages.
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latter stages of the developing young of an animal; in humans, the developing organism in utero from the beginning of the third month to birth
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An animal in the later stage of development before birth. In humans, the fetal stage is the from the end of the third month until birth.
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the unborn young of an animal while still in the uterus or egg, especially in its later stages and specifically, in humans, from about the eighth week after conception until birth.
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In mammals, description of development following the embryonic period (see fetal period above).
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the developing human between the start of the 3rd month of gestation and birth.
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The latter stages of an embryo that is still contained in an egg or uterus; in humans, the unborn young from the eighth week of pregnancy to the moment of birth.
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A term used to describe the unborn baby in utero after it enters the fetal period, from about Week 12 in the Diary to birth.
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a stage of development that extends from the third month of human development until birth
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Once the embryo differentiates and begins to take on identifiable humanlike organic form, it is termed a fetus; the fetal stage of development usually begins around the eighth week of pregnancy.
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Unborn or unhatched vertebrate, especially one that has attained the basic structure of its kind; a developing human, usually from three months after conception until birth.
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A human embryo before birth.
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the name given to the baby from the eighth week of pregnancy to delivery
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Unborn offspring after major structures have been outlined, in man seven to eight weeks after fertilization.
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results from a developing embryo at about eight weeks when the embryo is somewhat human looking and the remaining development consists chiefly of growth and maturation.
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the product of conception from implantation until delivery.
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In humans, the product of conception after the end of the eighth week of pregnancy to the moment of birth.
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The developing unborn child from the 12th week of pregnancy until the date of delivery.
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stage in development, from week 10 to week 40. See Fetal page.
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After the first eight weeks the developing human becomes a fetus. This is the period of fastest growth in a lifetime.
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The name given to a growing baby after 8 weeks of development; before 8weeks, the developing baby is called an embryo.
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The term used for an embryo after the eighth week of development until birth.
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The name given to an embryo after it has developed organs.
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The unborn young of a viviparous vertebrate having a basic structural resemblance to the adult animal.
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the developing mammal in utero; in Man, after the 2nd month in utero, adjective - foetal or fetal.
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the unborn child in the womb during the later part of pregnancy.
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The stage of development of a human baby in the uterus from the third month until it is born.
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Postembryonic unborn. From the seventh or eighth week of gestation.
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An unborn baby after 8 weeks of development is called a fetus.
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An unborn baby. The product of conception from the time the embryo is fully formed (from head to limbs - about 8 weeks from the last menstrual period) - until delivery. Sometimes spelt foetus.
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An unborn baby after the first eight weeks of gestation
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Baby growing inside the mother
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(FEE-tuhs) The early developmental stage from eight weeks after fertilization to the time of birth.
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Eight weeks after fertilization an embryo grows into a FETUS. It is an unborn baby. It doesn't eat or breathe inside the mother. At birth a FETUS becomes a baby. A FETUS makes its own blood. It does not use its mother's. This is one reason why all mothers with HIV do not automatically give HIV to their baby.
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The unborn baby as it is developing during pregnancy.
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The child in utero from about the seventh to ninth week of gestation until birth.
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term referring to the pig during the last two-thirds of its developmental time before birth
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in humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week of pregnancy to the moment of birth
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The name given to the embryo after the 8th week. Technically this name should be used until the baby is completely outside of the mother's body
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The developmental stage lasting from the start of the third developmental month to delivery.
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the unborn baby from its second month of development until its birth.
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The developing baby from two months of pregnancy until birth.
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unborn baby after the second month of development.
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a term for a developing human usually ranging from three months after conception to birth.
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an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
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a baby as much as a tumor is
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a baby, at least at some point
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a baby, no matter what it resembles
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a blob of tissue and is not a human
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a developing clump of cells that is not fully alive as a person or a thinking being
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a developing human being
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a developing human life loved passionately by the mother who wants it, and a pregnant woman's emotional bonding with her child is unlike any other human experience
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a fertilized cell which has the potential of becoming a baby
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a form of human life
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a fully-formed unique individual with its own genetic code from the moment of conception
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a human at the fetal stage
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a human being and has the right to life
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a human being, and is therefore possessed of rights
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a human being and worthy of constitutional protection
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a human being, but not an independent one, and so it does not necessarily deserve all of the protections which independent human beings are accorded
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a human being from the moment of conception
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a human being -granted, in a fragile stage, but none the less, human
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a human embryo at eight weeks of development
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a human life and therefore abortion is murder because it deliberately ends that life" can still "support" abortion in cases of rape or incest
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a living being called a baby not tissue or a parasite
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a living soul and abortion is murder
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an early-stage growing, developing, complete, unique animal requiring only what we all require, care and feeding
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an individual human as much just as I much as I am
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an innocent human being
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