History of Fetus/Talk

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The word fetus come directly from the Latin fetus, hence it can be argued that pseudo-Greek foetus is an incorrect spelling. In general the medical community only permits the spelling fetus. However the spelling foetus persists in the wider community, most notably in Britain, and is accepted in some dictionaries.

Regarding EdPoor?'s deletion of the sentence about the etymology: Ed - I'm sorry, I completely disagree, this is perfectly valid information and belongs on the fetus page, hence I replaced the single sentence dealing with the spelling issue. Each time I have posted I have noted that this should only be a sidenote, and that the main article needs substantial work. It's unfortunate that at the moment this sentence about the etymology exceeds the length of the rest of the article, but the information is still valid and relevant. - MMGB

	Revision 7 . . December 5, 2001 11:41 am by ManningBartlett [valid information restored]
	Revision 6 . . December 5, 2001 7:51 am by Ed Poor [moved spelling war to its proper battleground]
	Revision 5 . . December 5, 2001 6:53 am by Derek Ross
	Revision 4 . . December 2, 2001 8:08 pm by (logged).109.250.xxx
	Revision 3 . . December 2, 2001 3:01 pm by ManningBartlett [the medical community calls it incorrect]
	Revision 2 . . December 2, 2001 2:25 pm by Josh Grosse
	Revision 1 . . December 2, 2001 1:20 pm by ManningBartlett [spelling of "fetus"]