fetology

noun

fe·tol·o·gy fē-ˈtä-lə-jē

: a branch of medical science concerned with the study and treatment of the fetus in the uterus

fetologist

fē-ˈtä-lə-jist

noun

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1965, in the meaning defined above

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fetology

noun

fe·tol·o·gy

variants or chiefly British foetology

fē-ˈtäl-ə-jē

plural fetologies

: a branch of medical science concerned with the study and treatment of the fetus in the uterus

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