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fetotoxicity

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fe·to·tox·ic·i·ty (ft-tk-ss-t)
n.
Injury to the fetus from a substance that enters the maternal and placental circulation and may cause death or retardation of growth and development.
fetotoxicity
Toxicology Adverse fetal effects due to toxins entering the maternal circulation and crossing the placental barrier, which may compromise maternal health and appear as fetal malformations, altered growth and in utero death. Cf Embryotoxicity.


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Embryo- and fetotoxicity of inhaled chloroform in rats.
Late pregnancy exposures to disinfection by-products and ... by Reif, John S. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Toxicity and fetotoxicity of TCDD, TCDF, and PCB isomers in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
Developmental dental aberrations after the dioxin accident in Seveso by Mocarelli, Paolo / Environmental Health Perspectives
Conventional developmental and reproductive toxicology assays in mice, rats, and rabbits consistently fail to find adverse effects of TCE on fertility or embryonic development aside from embryo- or fetotoxicity associated with maternal toxicity [Cosby and Dukelow 1992; Dorfmueller et al.
Trichloroethylene and cardiac malformations by Brent, Robert L. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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