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FOETOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foetology mean?
• FOETOLOGY (noun)
The noun FOETOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus
Familiarity information: FOETOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
fetology; foetology
Hypernyms ("foetology" is a kind of...):
midwifery; OB; obstetrics; tocology (the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother)
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