electronic fetal monitor

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a device used to monitor the fetal heartbeat and the strength of the mother's uterine contractions during labor. Abbreviation: EFM

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Dis whole job is a pipe, wit' us havin' a Monitor gun to open dat armored truck.
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The barrel of the Monitor swung and the hot steel barrel burned Delancy's arm.
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And then the Monitor's deafening hammer sounded again, and after that, silence.
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electronic fetal monitor

An electronic device used during labor to monitor fetal heartbeat and maternal uterine contractions.