The process of fetal development within the womb; the state or condition of being a fetus.
From Latin 'foetus' + '-ation' (the process or result of). The '-ation' suffix comes from Latin and creates nouns describing actions or processes.
This technical term captures the whole remarkable journey of how a single fertilized cell becomes a complex human body in just nine months—one of biology's greatest transformations.
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