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Fetus vs Infant - What's the difference?

fetus | infant |

As nouns the difference between fetus and infant

is that fetus is an unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal while infant is a very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.

As a verb infant is

to bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.

fetus

English

Alternative forms

* foetus * * (chiefly Canadian and US) fetus * phoetus, * faetus,

Noun

(es)
  • (Canada, US) An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
  • (Canada, US) A human embryo after the 8th week of gestation.
  • The sequence is; molecules in reproductive systems, then gametes, zygotes, morulas, blastocysts, and then fetuses .

    Usage notes

    * The form fetus is preferred in North America and in the scientific community, whereas foetus is still commonly used in Commonwealth nations.

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * embryo * ("fetus" on Wikipedia)

    References

    * Health Online

    Anagrams

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    infant

    English

    (wikipedia infant)

    Alternative forms

    * infaunt (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.
  • (legal) A minor.
  • (obsolete) A noble or aristocratic youth.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.2:
  • Retourned home, the royall Infant fell / Into her former fitt [...].

    See also

    * sudden infant death syndrome * newborn * neonate

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.
  • * Milton
  • This worthy motto, "No bishop, no king," is infanted out of the same fears.
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