LP6982-5

Fetus

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A fetus (or foetus, see below) is a developing mammal after the embryonic stage and before birth. The plural is fetuses or very rarely, foeti. In humans, a fetus develops from the end of the eighth week of pregnancy, when the major structures and organ systems have formed, until birth. Fetus, in Latin, literally means filled with young, pregnant, breeding, with young as well as bringing forth, bearing, hatching, producing. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, fetus (Wikipedia)

The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name

Fetus

Part Type

Super System (Describes the "super-system" when it not the patient)

Created On

2000-05-03

Construct for LOINC Short Name

Fetus

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