FETAL MOVEMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy)

Synonyms:

fetal movement; foetal movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fetal movement" is a kind of...):

motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)

Domain category:

gestation; maternity; pregnancy (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)

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