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(ŏb-stĕt′rĭks, əb-)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
(ɒbˈstɛtrɪks)n
(Gynaecology & Obstetrics) (functioning as singular) the branch of medicine concerned with childbirth and the treatment of women before and after childbirth
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ob•stet•rics
(əbˈstɛ trɪks)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.
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ob·stet·rics
(ŏb-stĕt′rĭks) 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: 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-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 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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porodnictví
obstetrik
obstetriikkasynnytysoppi
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fæîingarfræîi
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dzemdniecība
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doğum bilimi
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obstetrics
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obstetrics
(obˈstetriks) noun singular the science of helping women before, during, and after, the birth of babies.
obstetrician (obstəˈtriʃən) noun a doctor who specializes in obstetrics.
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ob·stet·rics
n. obstetricia, rama de la medicina que se refiere al cuidado de la mujer durante el embarazo y el parto.
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obstetrics (OB)
n obstetricia; tocología; rama de la medicina que se ocupa del embarazo, parto y puerperioEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.