FOETOSCOPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foetoscopy mean? 

• FOETOSCOPY (noun)
  The noun FOETOSCOPY has 1 sense:

1. prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood

  Familiarity information: FOETOSCOPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOETOSCOPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fetoscopy; foetoscopy

Hypernyms ("foetoscopy" is a kind of...):

prenatal diagnosis (any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality)