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Fetus

The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages.

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Baby 76% connected

An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.

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Monster 76% connected

Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel.

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Vertebrate 76% connected

One of the Vertebrata.

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Fetal 74% connected

Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes.

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Fetal 74% connected

Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes.

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Umbilical 70% connected

Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.

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Foetus 92% connected

Same as Fetus.

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Abortus noun · 86% connection

a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body

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Teras noun · 86% connection

(medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus

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Acidophil noun · 85% connection

an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment

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Acidophile noun · 85% connection

an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment

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Blastocele noun · 85% connection

the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula

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Blastocoel noun · 85% connection

the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula

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Calymmatobacterium noun · 85% connection

a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale

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Cleavage cavity noun · 85% connection

the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula

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Eubacteria noun · 85% connection

a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

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Eubacterium noun · 85% connection

a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

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Fetlock joint noun · 85% connection

the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern

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Francisella noun · 85% connection

a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)

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Gastric mill noun · 85% connection

thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food

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Genus Calymmatobacterium noun · 85% connection

a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale

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Genus Francisella noun · 85% connection

a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)

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Hock-joint noun · 85% connection

tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle

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Legionella noun · 85% connection

the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legio…

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Legionella pneumophila noun · 85% connection

the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legio…

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\d8Gregarin\91 n. pl. · 78% connection

An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they hav…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, embryo, animal, womb, restricted.
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Acephalocyst noun · 78% connection

A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man a…

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Apogamy noun · 78% connection

(botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte…

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Chorion noun · 78% connection

The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development.

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Conceive verb · 78% connection

To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

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Cytogenesis noun · 78% connection

Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See Gemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, embryo, animal, womb, restricted.
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Develop verb · 78% connection

To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, embryo, animal, womb, restricted.
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Embiotocoid noun · 78% connection

One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidae) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fis…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, embryo, animal, womb, restricted.
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Embryo noun · 78% connection

an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms t…

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Embryology noun · 78% connection

The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of…

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Endorhizous adjective · 78% connection

Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonou…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: young, embryo, animal, womb, restricted.
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Exclude verb · 78% connection

To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.

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