antibacterial, fetus,第6版 SOED 一些新收字眼

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said there was insufficient evidence to prove that soaps and washes with antibacterial ingredients were "more effective than plain soap and water in preventing illness."

Antibacterial soap may do more harm than good, FDA says

Soaps and wash products labeled “antibacterial” can no longer be sold, the…

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Ingredients in Antibacterial Soap Could Put Fetuses at Risk

WICHITA, Kan. — For the first time in years, only a Wichita police car has been waiting outside the abortion clinic of Dr. George R. Tiller, who was shot to death a week ago. Gone are the trucks bearing enormous images of bloody fetuses, the signs offering the home addresses of clinic workers, the crowd of protesters yelling to women as they enter.


...Separately, the sixth edition is hailed as accurately charting the rise to prominence of ‘green’ issues in society, evidenced by the inclusion of “carbon-neutral,” “carbon footprint” and "Chelsea tractors.” Carbon Neutral 碳中和 carbon footprint

Other noteworthy additions include "WAGs" – to denote wives and girlfriends, “Webinar” – an online seminar, and “charette” – to denote a meeting or conference devoted to planning or problem-solving.

“Papped” – being photographed by the paparazzi, “brag book” – a photograph album and “size zero” to denote stick-thin models also make up 2,500 new words now in the Shorter OED.

Other spelling changes made as part of the updating of the text include cafe for café, fetus for foetus, kaftan for caftan, and raccoon for racoon.

---The 6th edition of the SOED (2)

fetus
━━ n. （妊娠3か月以後の）胎児.

fetus

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Pronunciation: /ˈfiːtəs /(British (in non-technical use) also foetus)

NOUN (plural fetuses)

An unborn or unhatched offspring of a mammal, in particular, an unborn human more than eight weeks after conception.

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Origin

late Middle English: from Latin fetus 'pregnancy, childbirth, offspring'.

Usage

The spelling foetus has no etymological basis but is recorded from the 16th century and until recently was the standard British spelling in both technical and non-technical use. In technical usage fetus is now the standard spelling throughout the English-speaking world, but foetus is still found in British English outside technical contexts.