Fetus

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A fetus (alternatively foetus or f?tus) is an unborn vertebrate offspring after the embryonary stage.

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Vertebrate - Embryonary

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In humans, a fetus develops from the end of the 8th week of pregnancy (when the major structures have formed), until birth. Fetus, in Latin, literally means 'young one'. When speaking in the most rational of terms, a fetus is an organism, as yet undeveloped, in the process of becoming a functional individual of a species.

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Pregnancy - Birth - Latin - Organism - Species

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