obstetrics

ob·stet·rics  (b-sttrks, b-)

n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the recuperative period following delivery.

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obstetrics

Noun

the branch of medicine concerned with pregnancy and childbirth [Latin obstetrix a midwife]

obstetric adj

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obstetrics  (b-sttrks)

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

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obstetrics

the branch of medicine that deals with prenatal and postnatal care and with the delivery of a child. — obstetrician, n. — obstetric, obstetrical, adj.

See also: Birth

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the branch of medicine that specializes in care of women before, during and after childbirth. — obstetrician, n. — obstetric, obstetrical, adj.

See also: Medical Specialties

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the medical specialty that deals with pregnancy and childbirth. — obstetrician, n. — obstetric, obstetrical, adj.

See also: Pregnancy

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

obstetrics - the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother midwifery, tocology, OB induction 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 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 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 para I, primipara - (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child 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 para, parity - (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children"

Translations

obstetrics [ɔbˈstɛtrɪks] n → obstetricia

obstetrics [ɔbˈstɛtrɪks] n → obstétrique f

obstetrics [ɔbˈstɛtrɪks] n → Geburtshilfe f

obstetrics [ɔbˈstɛtrɪks] n → ostetrica

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obstetrics

n sg obstetrics [obˈstetriks]

the science of helping women before, during, and after, the birth of babies. verloskunde, obstetrie; kraamverplegingعِلْم التَّوْليدакушерствоporodnictvíobstetrikdie Geburtshilfeμαιευτικήobstetricia, tocologíasünnitusabiõpetusدانش زایمان شناسیsynnytysoppiobstétriqueמְייַלדוּתप्रसूति शास्त्रporodiljstvo, primaljstvoszülészetilmu kebidananfæðingarfræðiostetricia産科の산과학(産科學)akušerijadzemdniecībabidang obstetrikverloskundefødselsvitenskappołożnictwoobstetríciaobstetricăакушерствоpôrodníctvoporodništvoginekologijaobstetrikสูติศาสตร์doğum bilimi助產術，產科學акушерствоدايہ گيري، حمل سے متعلقkhoa sản助产术，产科学

n obstetrician [obstəˈtriʃən]

a doctor who specializes in obstetrics. verloskundige, obstetrikusأخِصّائي ولادَه، طَبيب تَوليدакушерporodníkfødselslægeder/die Geburtshelfer(in)μαιευτήραςobstetra, tocólogoakuðöörمتخصص زایمانsynnytyslääkäriobstétricien/-ienneרוֹפֵא מְייַלִדप्रसूतितज्ञspecijalist za porodiljstvoszülészspesialis kebidananfæðingarlæknirostetrico産科医산부인과 의사akušeris, akušerėakušierispakar obstetrikverloskundigefødselslegelekarz położnikobstetraobstetricianакушерpôrodníkporodničarginekolog, opstetričarobstetrikerสูตินรีแพทย์doğum uzmanı產科醫生акушер; акушеркаامور زچگي کا ماہرbác sĩ khoa sản产科医生