Fetus question
 

Is fetus, technically, a parasite?

Yes.

How is that? just curious

par·a·site ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pr-st)
n.
Biology.
1. An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host
2. In conjoined twins, the usually incomplete twin that derives its support from the more nearly normal fetus.

(Dictionary.com)

oh yea i guess that would make sense........i was thinking you meant something completely different, like a nasty, gross bug type thing that people want to kill. :o

Dr. House (on the Fox TV show with the same name) often refers to new fetuses in his unsuspecting patients as parasites. He had a whole monologue with one on how people grow to love their parasites, often naming them and dressing them up in clothes. I thought it was funny because each time he mentions "parasite," his patients get all bent out of shape.