fetal
Like curled sleepers
Fetal describes something relating to or characteristic of a fetus—an unborn mammal in its later stages of development.
Medical contexts use it frequently: fetal development, fetal heart rate, fetal alcohol syndrome.
The fetal position is curled up with knees drawn to the chest, as a fetus lies in the womb: She slept in the fetal position.
Before birth
- perinatalAround time of delivery
- postnatalAfter childbirth
- prematureOccurring before expected
- pretermBefore expected arrival
delivery · labor · childbirth · midwifery · obstetrician · parturition · stillbirth · miscarriage
Organism before birth
- embryonicAt earliest developmental stage
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
- blastocystEarly developmental stage before implantation
- gastrulationEmbryo forms primary layers
organogenesis · morphogenesis · ectoderm · mesoderm · endoderm · notochord · neural tube · embryogenesis
Inaudible high-frequency waves
- sonogramUltrasound-produced medical image
- amniocentesisPrenatal diagnostic fluid extraction
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
distress · anomaly · screening · diagnosis · position · breech · movement · kick
Easily broken or damaged
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- helplessUnable to act independently
susceptible · precarious · unprotected · undeveloped · immature · at-risk · endangered · dependent
prenatal
Before birth
preterm · delivery · labor · childbirth · midwifery · obstetrician · parturition · stillbirth · miscarriage · placenta
embryo
Organism before birth
- embryonicAt earliest developmental stage
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
- blastocystEarly developmental stage before implantation
gastrulation · organogenesis · morphogenesis · ectoderm · mesoderm · endoderm · notochord · neural tube · embryogenesis · trimester
ultrasound
Inaudible high-frequency waves
- sonogramUltrasound-produced medical image
- amniocentesisPrenatal diagnostic fluid extraction
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
monitor · distress · anomaly · screening · diagnosis · position · breech · movement · kick · development
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- defenselessWithout means to resist
helpless · susceptible · precarious · unprotected · undeveloped · immature · at-risk · endangered · dependent · tender
curled
Formed into coils
knee · compact · huddled · sleeping · protective · contracted · flexed
- Posturessupine, upright, slouch, slump, erect
- age stagesinfant, toddler, child, teen, teenage
- development stagesearly stage, late stage, infancy, childhood, alpha
- growth stagesmature, immature, developing, adult, juvenile
- life stagesbaby, teenager, adult, childhood, adolescence
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
fetalextended
Lengthened in time or space
spread-eagled · outstretched · sprawled · open · spread-eagle
- fetal positionCurled, knees drawn up
- fetal growthUnborn child's size increase
- fetal heartbeatUnborn child's cardiac activity
- go fetalAssume a defensive crouch
- fetal developmentUnborn offspring's growth process
- fetal ultrasoundSound-based imaging of unborn