fetal age

1. 1.

   the age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization

   Synonymsfertilization agegestational age

   Broaderage

Questions about fetal age

What does fetal age mean?

fetal age means "the age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization".

What is another word for fetal age?

Close synonyms include fertilization age, gestational age. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fetal age a common word?

fetal age is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.