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fetal viability (s) (noun), fetal viabilities (pl)
The capacity of a fetus to survive outside the womb following birth: Fetal viability is dependent mainly on the organ maturity or development of the baby and of the environmental circumstances.

Historically, a fetus was thought to be capable of living after the 20th gestational week. But, in reality. a baby does not have much of a chance to survive when it is born before 24 completed weeks of gestation.

This entry is located in the following units: -ability (page 4) feto-, fet-, feti-, foeto-, foet- + (page 1)