Usage Note
Feto is the standard medical and everyday Italian term for an unborn human or animal from after the embryonic stage. It is always masculine: il feto. The plural is regular: i feti. In Italian law and medical texts it is used from about the ninth week of gestation onward.
Examples
"Il feto si muove dal quarto mese."
Natural Translation
The fetus moves from the fourth month.
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