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obstetrics

[ uhb-ste-triks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. the branch of medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth. : OB, ob


obstetrics

/ ɒbˈstɛtrɪks /

noun

  1. functioning as singular the branch of medicine concerned with childbirth and the treatment of women before and after childbirth
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obstetrics

/ ŏb-stĕtrĭks /

  1. The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth.


obstetrics

  1. A branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, labor , and the period of recovery following childbirth.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of obstetrics1

First recorded in 1810–20; obstetric, -ics
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Example Sentences

The woman had no car, so she couldn’t get back to the obstetrics department.

A new study released today in Obstetrics & Gynecology could close this contentious question for good.

He graduated medical school in 1991 and completed a single-year internship in obstetrics and gynecology, finishing in 1992.

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 198 (2): 210.

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 198 (3), 298e 1-8.

That meant a loss of prenatal care, emergency obstetrics and cancer screening.

From the earliest times physicians and writers occupied themselves largely with obstetrics, as was most natural.

The treatise on superfcetation concerned itself mainly with obstetrics.

As little progress had been made in obstetrics as in other branches of applied medicine or surgery.

For this reason a celebrated teacher of obstetrics insists upon classing them among nervous diseases.

Sarcognomy is the true basis of medical practice, while anatomy is the basis only of operative surgery and obstetrics.

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