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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Professor Penelope Leach told The Daily Beast it was ludicrous to monitor young children in that way.
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Parliament looks at measures to monitor toddlers for anti-Semitic speech.
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After the captain made the call to abandon ship, 150 people were able to escape on lifeboats lowered by electronic arms.
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Privacy advocates such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation say everyone should use it.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Extra security was also set up along the lines to monitor other signs of potential sabotage.
Italy’s Terror on the Tracks|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dis whole job is a pipe, wit' us havin' a Monitor gun to open dat armored truck.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
The barrel of the Monitor swung and the hot steel barrel burned Delancy's arm.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
And then the Monitor's deafening hammer sounded again, and after that, silence.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Murphy was kill-crazy, and tonight the Monitor rifle in his hands had made him feel like a god.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
As the word fers originally meant counsellor or monitor of the king, it could be applied to any of the pieces.
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electronic fetal monitor

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