Fetus vs Infant - What's the difference?
fetus | infant |
(Canada, US) An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
(Canada, US) A human embryo after the 8th week of gestation.
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:
(obsolete) To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.
* Milton
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
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Alternative forms
* foetus * * (chiefly Canadian and US) fetus * phoetus, * faetus,Noun
(es)- 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
* ----infant
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(wikipedia infant)Alternative forms
* infaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Retourned home, the royall Infant fell / Into her former fitt [...].
See also
* sudden infant death syndrome * newborn * neonateVerb
(en verb)- This worthy motto, "No bishop, no king," is infanted out of the same fears.