Re: OB:Home Births in Australia - fetus or foetus

From: andrelat@vega.ivic.qc.ca
Fri Aug 28 12:45:54 1998


At 10:12 98-08-28 -0500, you wrote: >Unlike oestrogens, oesophagus, and all the other English words that
>Americans cannot spell correctly, the word fetus does not have a
>classical derivative. The nearest to it is foetor which means 'bad
>breath'. It is FETUS not FOETUS.

In french the word spell is FOETUS:

"Chez les animaux vivipares,produit de la conception encore renfermé dans l'utérus,lorsqu'il commence à présenter les caractères distinctifs de l'espèce. Dans l'espèce humaine, produit de la conception à partir du troisième mois dans l'utérus"

Le nouveau petit Robert, 1993, french dictionary

That's for the french culture!!

Dr Paul-André Latulippe 111 Rang 9 St-Christophe d'Arthabaska Québec,Canada G6P 6S1

andrelat@ivic.qc.ca

tel:(819) 357-1784





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