Definition of obstetrics Obstetrics
/ʌbstɛˈtɹɪks/ - [ubstetriks] - ob•stet•rics
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What does obstetrics mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: obstetrics |
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| obstetrics - the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother | ||
| OB, tocology, midwifery | ||
| 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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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- obstetrics (n.)
The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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obstetrics
The field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.
