fetal monitor

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   an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth

   Synonymselectronic fetal monitorelectronic foetal monitorfoetal monitor

   Broadermonitor

Questions about fetal monitor

What does fetal monitor mean?

fetal monitor means "an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth".

What is another word for fetal monitor?

Close synonyms include electronic fetal monitor, electronic foetal monitor, foetal monitor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fetal monitor a common word?

fetal monitor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.