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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The medical study and treatment of the fetus, especially within the uterus.

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  • noun The scientific study of fetuses.

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  • noun the branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus

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Examples

  • Whatever PersonhoodUSA may claim about advances in the "science of fetology," it can't change the fact that each and every one of these women benefits from the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v.

    The callousness of the pro-abort side Suzanne 2010

  • As recently as that, we knew almost nothing of the fetus; when abortion on demand was unleashed in the United States, fetology essentially did not exist.

    Bernard Nathanson: On his conversion to the pro-life cause Suzanne 2009

  • Since the fatal and flawed Supreme Court decision of Roe V. Wade (1973) it has clearly been medically and scientifically established (with advances in fetology) that the pre-born are, indeed, individual living human beings.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Roe V. Wade (1973) it has clearly been medically and scientifically established (with advances in fetology) that the pre-born are, indeed, individual living human beings.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Since the fatal and flawed Supreme Court decision of Roe V. Wade (1973) it has clearly been medically and scientifically established (with advances in fetology) that the pre-born are, indeed, individual living human beings.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Roe V. Wade (1973) it has clearly been medically and scientifically established (with advances in fetology) that the pre-born are, indeed, individual living human beings.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Since the fatal and flawed Supreme Court decision of Roe V. Wade (1973) it has clearly been medically and scientifically established (with advances in fetology) that the pre-born are, indeed, individual living human beings.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Roe v. Wade (1973) it has clearly been medically and scientifically established (with advances in fetology) that the pre-born are, indeed, individual living human beings.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • And she does so by staying coolly and confidently on point, emphasizing that the Nebraska laws acknowledge the amazing technological advances in the science of fetology since Roe v Wade.

    Vital Signs Denny Hartford 2010

  • Roe V. Wade (1973) it has clearly been medically and scientifically established (with advances in fetology) that the pre-born are, indeed, individual living human beings.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

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