macerated fetus

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macerated — adj of a dead fetus having undergone reddening, loss of skin, and distortion of the features during retention in the uterus <two years later a 10 inch macerated fetus...was delivered (Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.)> … Medical dictionary
Fetus — The unborn offspring from the end of the 8th week after conception (when the major structures have formed) until birth. Up until the eighth week, the developing offspring is called an embryo. * * * 1. The unborn young of a viviparous animal… … Medical dictionary
maceration — 1. Softening by the action of a liquid. 2. Softening of tissues after death by nonputrefactive (sterile) autolysis; seen especially in the stillborn, with detachment of the epidermis. [L. macero, pp. atus, to soften by soaking] * * *… … Medical dictionary
environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… … Universalium

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