ob·stet·rics ( b-st t r ks,  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. |
obstetrics [ɒbˈstɛtrɪks]
n
(Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) (functioning as singular) the branch of medicine concerned with childbirth and the treatment of women before and after childbirth
| obstetrics (b-sttrks) The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth. |
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: Birththe branch of medicine that specializes in care of women before, during and after childbirth. — obstetrician, n. — obstetric, obstetrical, adj.
See also: Medical Specialtiesthe medical specialty that deals with pregnancy and childbirth. — obstetrician, n. — obstetric, obstetrical, adj.
See also: Pregnancy
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| Noun | 1. |  obstetrics - 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 |
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obstetrics
n sg obstetrics [obˈstetriks]
the science of helping women before, during, and after, the birth of babies. verloskunde, obstetrie; kraamverpleging عِلْم التَّوْليد акушерство porodnictví obstetrik die Geburtshilfe μαιευτική obstetricia, tocología sünnitusabiõpetus دانش زایمان شناسی synnytysoppi obstétrique מְייַלדוּת प्रसूति शास्त्र porodiljstvo, primaljstvo szülészet ilmu kebidanan fæðingarfræði ostetricia 産科の 산과학(産科學) akušerija dzemdniecība bidang obstetrik verloskunde fødselsvitenskap położnictwo obstetrícia obstetrică акушерство pôrodníctvo porodništvo ginekologija obstetrik สูติศาสตร์ doğum bilimi 助產術，產科醫學 акушерство دايہ گيري، حمل سے متعلق khoa sản 助产术，产科学
n obstetrician [obstəˈtriʃən]
a doctor who specializes in obstetrics. verloskundige, obstetrikus أخِصّائي ولادَه، طَبيب تَوليد акушер porodník fødselslæge der/die Geburtshelfer(in) μαιευτήρας obstetra, tocólogo akuðöör متخصص زایمان synnytyslääkäri obstétricien/-ienne רוֹפֵא מְייַלִד प्रसूतितज्ञ specijalist za porodiljstvo szülész spesialis kebidanan fæðingarlæknir ostetrico 産科医 산과 의사 akušeris, akušerė akušieris pakar obstetrik verloskundige fødselslege lekarz położnik obstetra obstetrician акушер pôrodník porodničar ginekolog, opstetričar obstetriker สูตินรีแพทย์ doğum uzmanı 產科醫生 акушер; акушерка امور زچگي کا ماہر bác sĩ khoa sản 产科医生
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