mid·wife·ry (m d-wf  -r , mdw f r, -wf-r)n. The techniques and practice of a midwife. |
midwifery [ˈmɪdˌwɪfərɪ]
n
(Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) the art or practice of a midwife; obstetrics
midwifery
the prineiples and practice of a midwife. Cf. tocology.
See also: Birth
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| Noun | 1. |  midwifery - the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the motherinduction of labor - (obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac presentation - (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; "Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations" incompetent cervix - (obstetrics) uterine cervix that becomes dilated before term and without labor often resulting in miscarriage or premature birth medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques 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 nullipara - (obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child gravida I, primigravida - (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time quadripara - (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies quintipara - (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies |
| 2. | midwifery - assisting women at childbirth obstetrical delivery, delivery - the act of delivering a child |
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