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fætal

fætal is the alternative form of fetal.

Meaning of fetal

Adjective

fetal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.
    • fetal circulation
  2. (informal) In the fetal position.
    • I was fetal on my left side, unable to move. My legs fell off my queen-sized bed and were propped up by a rocking chair.2000, Eben Carlson, The Love Artist

Origin of fætal

From fætus + -al.

Questions about fætal

What is fætal the alternative form of?
Fætal is the alternative form of fetal.

Words near fætal in the dictionary

  1. fæder
  2. fæders
  3. færie
  4. færies
  5. Færoese
  6. fætal
  7. fætus
  8. fætuses
  9. féerie
  10. féeries
  11. félibre

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fætal (page history and authors); fetal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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