noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A flexible fibreoptic device used to view a foetus in the womb.
2. 2
   a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat wordnet
3. 3
   A form of stethoscope for listening to the foetal heartbeat.

Synonyms

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fetal endoscopefetal scopefetoscope variantfoetoscopeobstetric endoscope

Antonyms

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ultrasoundultrasound imaging

Etymology

From feto- + -scope.