Definition of "fetoscope" []

• A flexible fiberoptic device used to view a fetus in utero. (noun)
• A type of stethoscope designed for listening to the fetal heartbeat. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "•A fetoscope is a stethoscope with a large head designed for listening to fetal heartbeats."
• "Some doctors are experimenting with an instrument called the fetoscope, an ultrasound-guided tube, to fix a fetal condition that leads to underdeveloped lungs."
• "In this procedure, using a viewing instrument called a fetoscope, the fetal surgeon employs a laser to seal off the blood vessels that carry hazardous blood flow between the two fetuses. muscular dystrophy."