fetoscopen.
/ˈfiːtəskəʊp/, U.S. /ˈfidəˌskoʊp/ Medicine.
1. A modified stethoscope used to detect and monitor fetal heart sounds.
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stethoscope1820
otophone1839
otoscope1849
stethophone1858
phonoscope1859
hydrophone1860
thoracoscope1895
fetoscope1939
phonoscope1959
1939 Trained Nurse & Hosp. Rev. 102 420/2 The fetoscope was hung on the top of the bed available for use in checking fetal heart action during both the first and second stages of labor.
1985 Jrnl. Nurse-Midwifery 30 243/1 A baseline fetal heart rate is established using either a Doptone or fetoscope and the mother's vital signs are taken.
2011 M. Cheyney Born at Home ii. 21 This is also the time when assessing heart tones with a fetoscope is most difficult because of the location of the fetal heart as the baby passes beneath the mother's pubic bone.
2. A fibre-optic endoscope used to examine or carry out diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on the fetus or placenta.
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speculum1598
diopter1706
otoscope1853
stomatoscope1853
laparoscope1855
cardioscope1856
sphygmoscope1856
stereoscope1857
laryngoscope1860
pharyngoscope1861
rhinoscope1861
autolaryngoscope1863
vaginoscope1863
oesophagoscope1868
photophore1871
rectoscope1871
endoscope1872
autoscope1873
glottiscope1876
polyscope1878
duck-bill speculum1879
tracer1882
diaphanoscope1883
gastroscope1888
cystoscope1889
kinetoskotoscope1896
photoscope1896
proctoscope1896
bronchoscope1899
sigmoidoscope1900
arthroscope1925
peritoneoscope1939
toposcope1951
fibrescope1954
mediastinoscope1966
fetoscope1968
angioscope1980
1968 H. P. Klinger & O. J. Miller in K. Adamsons Diagnosis & Treatm. Fetal Disorders 80 Perhaps, with the aid of a modified amnioscope..or a fetoscope, a safe method could be developed for excising amniotic fragments for chromosome analyses.
1983 Observer 15 May 6 Blood is obtained from the foetus's umbilical cord by putting a fine tube, known as a foetoscope through the mother's abdomen, and passing a needle through it.
2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 3 Feb. d1/1 Some doctors are experimenting with an instrument called the fetoscope, an ultrasound-guided tube, to fix a fetal condition that leads to underdeveloped lungs.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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