Definition of midwifery Midwifery
/mɪˈdwajˌfɚi/ - [midwayferee] - mid•wife•ry
We found 6 definitions of midwifery from 4 different sources.
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What does midwifery mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: midwiferies |
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| midwifery - assisting women at childbirth | ||
| midwifery - the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother | ||
| obstetrics, OB, tocology | ||
| medical specialty, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" | ||
| fetology, foetology the branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus | ||
| perinatology the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium | ||
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Wiktionary 
- midwifery (Noun)
The practice and science of being a midwife.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- midwifery (n.)
The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics. - midwifery (n.)
Assistance at childbirth; help or cooperation in production.
Part of speech
🔤- midwifery, noun, singular of midwiferies.
