obstetrics
11obstetrics — /euhb ste triks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth. Abbr.: OB, ob [1810 20; see OBSTETRICAL, ICS] * * * …
12obstetrics — noun The care of women during and after pregnancy …
13Obstetrics — The art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and the puerperium (the time after delivery). * * * The specialty of medicine concerned with the care of women during pregnancy, parturition, and the puerperium. SYN: tocology. [L. obstetrix, a… …
14obstetrics — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tocology, midwifery, O.B.*; see medicine 3 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. tocology, midwifery, childbirth, labor and delivery. see birth, pregnancy …
15obstetrics — ob|stet|rics [əbˈstetrıks] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; : Latin; Origin: obstetrix midwife , from obstare; OBSTACLE] the part of medical science that deals with the birth of children >obstetric adj …
16obstetrics — ob|stet|rics [ ab stetrıks ] noun uncount the part of medicine that deals with pregnant women and CHILDBIRTH ╾ ob|stet|ric adjective …
17obstetrics — , obstetrician obstreperous. Noisy, vociferous …
18obstetrics — study of midwifery Sciences and Studies …
19obstetrics — ob stet·rics || É™b stetrɪks n. branch of medicine concerned with the care and treatment of women during pregnancy and childbirth …
20obstetrics — n. pl. Midwifery, tocology …