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Meaning of fetology in English:

fetology

Pronunciation /fiːˈtɒlədʒi/

noun

(also foetology)

  • A branch of medicine concerned with the study of the growth and development of the fetus and with the diagnosis and treatment of its diseases.

Origin

1960s; earliest use found in Dunkirk-Fredonia (New York) Evening Observer. From fet- + -ology.