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fetalization

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fetalization /fe·tal·iza·tion/ (fe?tal-i-za´shun) retention in the adult of characters that at an earlier stage of evolution were only infantile and were rapidly lost as the organism attained maturity.
fetalization
1. continuation into extrauterine life of characteristics of fetal existence.
2. changes to the alveolar epithelium causing changes to the lung giving it the appearance of fetal lung.

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