1. A stethoscope designed to listen to the heartbeat of a fetus through the mother's abdomen during pregnancy.
Usage: medical; obstetrics

Examples

• The midwife used a fetoscope to check the baby's heart rate during the prenatal visit.
• A fetoscope allows healthcare providers to monitor fetal well-being without using ultrasound.
• The doctor placed the fetoscope on the mother's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat.
• Modern obstetrics still relies on the fetoscope as a simple, non-invasive diagnostic tool.