fetoscopy
- noun
- /ˌfiːtəˈskɒpi/
- Specialized
- During the fetoscopy, the specialist was able to withdraw blood from the fetus for testing.
Examples
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The doctor used fetoscopy to examine the fetus and check for any abnormalities.
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Modern diagnostic technologies such as ultrasound and fetoscopy have given us a whole new perspective on the development of the human embryo.
Academic text (1990) -
She felt relieved after the fetoscopy showed that the fetus was developing normally.
How Invasive
- Specialized
- Specialized
6
8.2
- Specialized
1
8.9
- Specialized
105
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
fetoscopy = fetoscope (opaque) = feto + scopy
The term is built from 'feto-' + the technical combining form '-scopy', but the combining form is specialist medical morphology unlikely to be inferable by an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The word fetoscopy comes from fetus, meaning 'unborn baby', and -scopy, meaning 'to look', the same idea as the scope in microscope. So fetoscopy means 'looking at the unborn baby', which explains the medical procedure of observing the fetus and taking a small blood sample.