Definition of Fetology

1. Noun. The branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus.

Exact synonyms: Foetology
Generic synonyms: Midwifery, Ob, Obstetrics, Tocology

Definition of Fetology

1. Noun. The scientific study of fetuses. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fetology

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the fetus [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Fetology

1. Synonym: foetal medicine. Origin: L. Fetus + G. Logos, study (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fetology

fetishizers
fetishizes
fetishizing
fetishlike
fetlock
fetlock joint
fetlocks
feto-maternal
fetofetal transfusion
fetoglobulins
fetography
fetologies
fetologist
fetologists
fetology (current term)
fetomaternal
fetomaternal transfusion
fetometry
fetopathies
fetopathy
fetoplacental
fetoprotein
fetoproteins
fetor
fetor hepaticus
fetor oris
fetors
fetoscope
fetoscopes

Literary usage of Fetology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Statistics of Coal: Including Mineral Bituminous Substances Employed in Arts by Richard Cowling Taylor, Samuel Stehman Haldeman (1855)
"In respect of its fetology, this island is, apparently, a continuation of the great Nova cotia and îs[ew Brunswick coal-field, but no mines have been, ..."

2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1912)
"... fetology, 1882-92. absence of WH JAQUES. 52. ELWOOD MEAD, 1902, in the ab- 31. WILLIAM OSLER, 1882, in the sence of ALBERT KINGSBURY. absence of CS ..."

3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1898)
"... taken as 1 The substance of the final lecture of a series upon elementary fetology, delivered before the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, ..."

4. Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the by Charles Lyell (1833)
"... properties of natural bodies, laws of motion, &c., sometimes called Natural philosophy and mechanical philosophy. Etym. ^uc'Cj physis, nature. fetology ..."

5. State board questions and answers by Rudolph Max Goepp (1913)
"fetology.—Secondary infection from the bladder; tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and other infectious diseases. Diagnosis.—Pain, tenderness in lumbar region, ..."

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