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fetal

/ˈfitl̩/

fetal adjective: pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.

Adjective

fetal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.
    • fetal circulation
    • fetal membranes
  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
    • By 12:00 when Keith arrived home with Connor, I was fetal on the couch and praying for a quick death.2006, Jennifer Hanselman, Party of Nine

fetal meaning in Tamil

fetal in Tamil

உருப்பெற்றகரு, பிள்ள

Examples of fetal in a sentence

  • The fetal position is the most common sleeping position.
  • Bones available for purchase range from loose femurs to articulated spines to fetal skulls and beyond.
  • Peranteau, MD, a pediatric and fetal surgeon in CHOP's Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment.

All 33 example sentences with fetal

Forms of fetal

alternative Commonwealthfoetal
alternative form (dated)fœtal
alternative form (obsolete)fætal
alternative form (obsolete)phoetal
alternative form (obsolete)phœtal

Origin of fetal

From fetus + -al.

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Questions about fetal

What does fetal mean?
Fetal means pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.
What is fetal in Tamil?
Fetal in Tamil is உருப்பெற்றகரு, பிள்ள. See Fetal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fetal?
Fetal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fetal?
Fetal is pronounced /ˈfitl̩/.

Words near fetal in the dictionary

  1. festy cocks
  2. fet
  3. feta
  4. feta cheese
  5. feta cheeses
  6. fetal
  7. fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
  8. fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
  9. fetal alcohol syndrome
  10. fetal alcohol syndromes
  11. fetal position

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fetal (page history and authors); fetal (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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