foetus
Americannoun
PLURAL
foetusesnoun
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There are just two perinatal pathologists based at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - they conduct autopsies on foetuses and babies for the whole region.
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They opted for the latter, but to be eligible for this couples have to agree to abort the foetus if the test is positive, as it was in their second pregnancy.
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A scan showed two tumour-like shapes inside her abdomen, which were actually the malformed foetuses.
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The placenta is an organ made in the womb during pregnancy that gives oxygen and nutrients to a foetus.
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Her foetus had already been diagnosed with severe developmental defects but she was not offered an abortion and later died from septic shock following the death of her baby.
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