Jul 9, 2015 06:58
8 yrs ago
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English term
Unborn child
English
Medical
Medical: Health Care
Health product
Is there a typical term used to describe an unborn child (in the late stages of pregnancy) in a medical or healthcare context, specifically with regards to healthcare products that claim certain benefits? The term needs to be inoffensive for obvious reasons, and I'm not entirely sure if "fetus" meets that criterion.
It's being grouped with "infants", if that matters.
It's being grouped with "infants", if that matters.
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(unborn) baby
if the text is directed to lay persons you could use the term "baby", especially for the later part of pregnancy
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In that case you could use "unborn baby". Once the baby is born it is often called a "newborn" (for the first month), then a "baby" or "infant". Could be some regional variation in the use of these terms, are you aiming for British or US English or something else?
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In that case you could use "unborn baby". Once the baby is born it is often called a "newborn" (for the first month), then a "baby" or "infant". Could be some regional variation in the use of these terms, are you aiming for British or US English or something else?
Example sentence:
Find out how your baby is growing and developing in your pregnancy week by week.
If you're pregnant or planning a pregnancy, there are simple steps you can take to protect your unborn baby or newborn from infections that ...
Note from asker:
I feel like there is a need to distinguish between the born (infant) and the unborn here, since the product is being targeted at specific demographics. Of course, this stuff could all be wiped out in the English version of the text due to legal issues, rendering the entire thing a moot point... |
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fetus
fetus
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http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Unborn Child
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http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Unborn Child
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Tania McConaghy
: I don't think lay persons would use this term for the later stages of pregnancy
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B D Finch
: Sorry, withdraw that comment, I was looking at the header term not your suggestion! There is a problem from the other direction with "foetus"/"fetus", which is that, while strictly, medically correct, it fails to recognise emotional and social aspects.
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Developing infant/fetus
Both terms are used although I don't feel comfortable with the term "fetus" in the context of healthcare products (if the end customer should be pregnant women, not medical centres).
Note from asker:
Right, which is why I have reservations using that term as well. "Developing infant" seems like it could be confusing. |
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baby in the womb
This term is used in Britain by the NHS and seems reasonably neutral.
www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Stillbirth/Pages/Causes.aspx
"This means that for some reason the placenta (the organ that links the baby's blood supply to the mother's and nourishes the baby in the womb) isn't functioning ..."
www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/encyclopaedia/f/.../foetalalcoho... Mar 2015 - A baby in the womb gets its nourishment from the mother's bloodstream. If the mother drinks alcohol, this easily passes from her blood through ...
www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cytomegalovirus/Pages/Introduction.as...
by NHS Choices - 2013
When it affects a baby in the womb, it's known as congenital CMV. In the UK, it's estimated that one to two babies in every 200 will be born with congenital CMV.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18556052
Pioneering tumour op on baby in the womb. 22 June 2012 Last updated at 16:40 BST. Surgeons have removed a tumour from the mouth of a foetus, in what has ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-1418790519 Jul 2011 - A mother's stress can spread to her baby in the womb and may cause a lasting effect, German researchers propose. They have seen that a ...
www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Stillbirth/Pages/Causes.aspx
"This means that for some reason the placenta (the organ that links the baby's blood supply to the mother's and nourishes the baby in the womb) isn't functioning ..."
www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/encyclopaedia/f/.../foetalalcoho... Mar 2015 - A baby in the womb gets its nourishment from the mother's bloodstream. If the mother drinks alcohol, this easily passes from her blood through ...
www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cytomegalovirus/Pages/Introduction.as...
by NHS Choices - 2013
When it affects a baby in the womb, it's known as congenital CMV. In the UK, it's estimated that one to two babies in every 200 will be born with congenital CMV.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18556052
Pioneering tumour op on baby in the womb. 22 June 2012 Last updated at 16:40 BST. Surgeons have removed a tumour from the mouth of a foetus, in what has ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-1418790519 Jul 2011 - A mother's stress can spread to her baby in the womb and may cause a lasting effect, German researchers propose. They have seen that a ...
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Victoria Britten
: It's a good way of expressing the concept, but the little Asker has said about the context suggests this might be rather unwieldy.
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There is always a problem when one has next to no context. Because of the politically-loaded nature of this, I suggested a neutral term used by respectable authorities.
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pre-birth
Another suggestion
The Guidance and resources are intended to support the continuing professional development of all early years staff. They incorporate key evidence and information on pre-birth and infant brain development, and the importance of pregnancy and the early months and years.
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/consultation-...
It is during our very earliest years and even pre-birth that a large part of the pattern for our future adult life is set.’
(Scottish Government, 2008d, p 1)
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/PreBirthToThreeBo...
Learn about brain development pre-birth, post-birth and throughout infancy
http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/training-and-events/man...
There is an ever growing body of evidence on the impact of adverse pre-birth, baby and infant experiences on later development.
http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/sites/default/files/IMH Fr...
Each of her books is organized by chapter, starting with pre-birth brain development and infant brain development, then moving through brain development at different stages of life, childhood, puberty, young adulthood, fatherhood, and old age.
http://merryfarmer.net/2011/08/book-review-the-male-brain-by...
The Guidance and resources are intended to support the continuing professional development of all early years staff. They incorporate key evidence and information on pre-birth and infant brain development, and the importance of pregnancy and the early months and years.
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/consultation-...
It is during our very earliest years and even pre-birth that a large part of the pattern for our future adult life is set.’
(Scottish Government, 2008d, p 1)
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/PreBirthToThreeBo...
Learn about brain development pre-birth, post-birth and throughout infancy
http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/training-and-events/man...
There is an ever growing body of evidence on the impact of adverse pre-birth, baby and infant experiences on later development.
http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/sites/default/files/IMH Fr...
Each of her books is organized by chapter, starting with pre-birth brain development and infant brain development, then moving through brain development at different stages of life, childhood, puberty, young adulthood, fatherhood, and old age.
http://merryfarmer.net/2011/08/book-review-the-male-brain-by...
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stillborn/ not yet delivered
Still existing inside it's mothers womb (not brought into existence).
Example sentence:
The stillborn child died in its mothers womb.
Discussion
NB I did not write that "a baby is in a blankish slate", which is not proper English. Note that I did write "a blankish slate", not "a blankish state"! If babies were in a blank state, they would never develop and infancy is actually a period of very rapid development. Whatever the nurturing responses that are triggered in human adults and older children by a baby, the fact is that a baby is in the process of becoming a person. Our nurturing responses serve the function of helping to ensure that the baby successfully becomes a person, through developing social relationships, as well as developing physically, intellectually and psychologically.
I beg to differ. A baby is, up until and for a while after birth, a blankish slate, while a child has intellect, personality, feelings and social relationships. SPUC used the term "unborn child" for exactly that reason: because it created an unscientific, emotional, negative response to abortion rights.
@Asker
I suspect the major landmine is the possibility of making unsubstantiated or excessive claims about benefits of the product. Your solution for what to call the sprogs seems fine.
I have no problem with trying to impress the reader with professional-sounding words, but I want to stay away from any potential landmines in marketing lingo.
Otherwise, unborn child gives the idea of stillbirth
"Improves fetal and infant brain and vision development"
Does this look fine in a healthcare product brochure, for example (leaving FDA regulations and whatnot aside)?