Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The product of conception at any point between fertilization and birth, especially the embryo and the extraembryonic membranes.
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- noun The
fetus orembryo , including all the surroundingtissues protecting andnourishing it duringpregnancy .
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- noun an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
Etymologies
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Examples
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The conceptus from the very beginning is a human reality.
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If, notwithstanding, such conceptions possess objective validity, they may be called conceptus ratiocinati (conceptions legitimately concluded); in cases where they do not, they have been admitted on account of having the appearance of being correctly concluded, and may be called conceptus ratiocinantes (sophistical conceptions).
The Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant 1764
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My understanding is that "conceptus" means the product of conception. google it I thought it was easier to write "conceptus" than "fertilized egg".
"The proceedings seemed more like a medical school seminar than an appellate argument." Ann Althouse 2006
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In the case of sexual assault, however, the doubt is about whether there is anything i.e., a conceptus there at all.
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Although the destruction of a conceptus cannot be absolutely ruled out, it is highly unlikely to occur as best we can determine given the current state of medical knowledge.
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As we have already noted, the intention is certainly not to destroy a conceptus, and it is unlikely that contraceptive medications have an abortifacient effect.
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Those who believe that a fully human conceptus has full moral status from conception would need to decide how to classify such a chimera and may be confused by the situation.
Human/Non-Human Chimeras Streiffer, Robert 2009
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The right to remove an unwanted conceptus from one's uterus, and to choose one's intimate partners, and to end life on one's own terms, are each threads in the same social blanket.
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However, the conceptus, no matter what its stage of development, while it is within the mother and therefore entirely dependant upon her for its life, is still a potential person rather than an actual person and therefore has no liberty rights.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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I think that the life of an unborn conceptus can never have rights over the life of the mother.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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