foetal circulation

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   the system of blood vessels and structures through which blood moves in a fetus

   Synonymsfetal circulation

   Broadercirculatory system

Questions about foetal circulation

What does foetal circulation mean?

foetal circulation means "the system of blood vessels and structures through which blood moves in a fetus".

What is another word for foetal circulation?

Close synonyms include fetal circulation. 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 foetal circulation a common word?

foetal circulation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.