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Amniotic fluid helps cushion the baby and is something the baby actually continually replenishes in a process that is similar to urination, explains Dr. Grace Johnson, a maternal fetal medicine doctor at Texas Children's Hospital in Austin.
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Nicole Villalpando, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
ProPublica wrote about a similar case in Texas in which a woman died of a fatal infection after being made to wait for 40 hours for the fetal heartbeat to stop.
—Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2024
In animal studies, Botox resulted in lower fetal body weight and decreased bone formation.
—Sara Hoffman, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 19 Dec. 2024
Prenatal genetic testing is done to screen for genetic conditions known as fetal aneuploidy, such as Down syndrome, in which a fetus has one or more extra chromosomes or the absence of one or more chromosomes.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Nicole Villalpando, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
ProPublica wrote about a similar case in Texas in which a woman died of a fatal infection after being made to wait for 40 hours for the fetal heartbeat to stop.
—Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2024
In animal studies, Botox resulted in lower fetal body weight and decreased bone formation.
—Sara Hoffman, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 19 Dec. 2024
Prenatal genetic testing is done to screen for genetic conditions known as fetal aneuploidy, such as Down syndrome, in which a fetus has one or more extra chromosomes or the absence of one or more chromosomes.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Fetal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fetal. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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fetal
adjective
fe·tal
ˈfēt-ᵊl 
: of, relating to, or being a fetus
Medical Definition
fetal
adjective
fe·tal
variants
or chiefly British foetal
: of, relating to, or being a fetus
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