All 3 Uses of
fetus
in
The Lords of Discipline
- Pig slapped him on the back of the head and kicked his ribs until Gooch lay hunched in a fetal position on the floor.†
Chpt 1.4 *fetal = relating to an unborn child (or other unborn or unhatched vertebrate)
- I held her hand and realized that the blood I felt rushing through her wrist would soon be rushing through the brain of the fetus, that her body had become an aquarium and that her child was a swimmer in its lightless pool.†
Chpt 3.29fetus = an unborn child (or other unborn or unhatched vertebrate)
- I moved into a fetal position and tried to cover my face with my hands as waves broke over me.†
Chpt 4.38fetal = relating to an unborn child (or other unborn or unhatched vertebrate)
Definition:
an unborn child beginning at completion of the 8th week of pregnancy when main features are recognizable, and ending at birth
or:
any unborn vertebrate
or:
any unborn vertebrate