FETAL MOVEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fetal movement mean? 

• FETAL MOVEMENT (noun)
  The noun FETAL MOVEMENT has 1 sense:

1. motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy)

  Familiarity information: FETAL MOVEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FETAL MOVEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fetal movement; foetal movement

Hypernyms ("fetal movement" is a kind of...):

motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)

Domain category:

gestation; maternity; pregnancy (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)

 Context examples 

It is performed using an external fetal heart rate monitor to assess the fetal heart rate response to fetal movements.

(Obstetric Non-Stress Test, NCI Thesaurus)

Also included is the non-stress test derived fetal heart rate response to fetal movements.

(Fetal Biophysical Profile, NCI Thesaurus)