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fetus in fetu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fe-tus in fe-tu
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fetus growing inside the body of another fetus, either from an unsuccessful twin pregnancy, or as a tumorlike growth.

Etymology

From Latin fētus in fētū.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: fētus in fētū

Inflected Forms

fetuses in fetu (plural) foetus in foetu (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

chimeric conjoined heteropagus teratoma vanishing twin syndrome

Questions

What does fetus in fetu mean?
A fetus growing inside the body of another fetus, either from an unsuccessful twin pregnancy, or as a tumorlike growth.
Where does fetus in fetu come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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