fetal
adjective/ˈfiːtl/
/ˈfiːtl/
(British English also foetal)
[only before noun]- connected with a fetus; typical of a fetus
- fetal abnormalities
- She lay curled up in a fetal position (= like the position of a baby inside its mother before it is born).
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFetal is used with these nouns:- monitor
- monitoring
- position
- …
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