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fetal movements Etymology: L, fetus + movere, to move muscular motions produced by the fetus in utero beginning around the fifth month of life. The early fetal movements can be felt by the mother. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Both Sunni and Shi'a schools of Islam (10) teach that becoming a person is a gradual process, and that ensoulment occurs at the first perceived fetal movements in the fourth month of gestation, which is far later than the stage at which fetal germ stem cel ls would be isolated. Fetal heart sounds and fetal movements were absent. nbsp;in the 1970s permitted direct visualization of fetal movements in utero and stimulated the initiation of naturalistic studies of the fetus. |
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