noun
- Plural of fetoscopy; medical procedures in which a thin, lighted instrument (fetoscope) is inserted through the abdomen into the uterus to directly visualize a fetus during pregnancy.
Usage: medical/obstetric term; typically used in clinical or research contexts
Examples
- The obstetrician recommended fetoscopies to monitor the fetal development closely.
- Fetoscopies allow doctors to detect certain birth defects that ultrasound cannot reveal.
- Multiple fetoscopies were performed throughout the pregnancy to assess fetal health.
- Advances in technology have made fetoscopies safer and more precise than in previous decades.