Fetoscope meaning

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A flexible fiber-optic device used to view a fetus in utero.
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A stethoscope designed for listening to a fetal heartbeat.
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An endoscope used to examine a fetus in the womb.
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A special stethoscope used to listen to the fetal heartbeat.
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A flexible fiber-optic device used to view a fetus in utero.
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A stethoscope designed for listening to a fetal heartbeat.
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A flexible fibreoptic device used to view a foetus in the womb.
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A form of stethoscope for listening to the foetal heartbeat.
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Sentence Examples

  • Prior to electronic gadgetry a special stethoscope was used, called a fetoscope, which is rarely seen as of 2004 because it requires more skill to use.

  • Small surgical openings are made in the uterus, and a tiny fiber optic fetoscope is inserted to guide the operation.

  • Following detailed ultrasound, a thin fetoscope is inserted through the mother's abdominal and uterine walls and into the amniotic cavity of the recipient twin to examine the surface placental vessels.

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