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ob·stet·ric
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Princeton's WordNet
obstetric, obstetricaladjective
of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics
"obstetric hospital"
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obstetricadjective
Of, or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).
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obstetric
Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgical field.
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Obstetric refers to anything related to childbirth and the period immediately following it. This field involves the care of women during pregnancy, labour, and the period after childbirth. It includes the study and management of complications arising during this time. Obstetric is often used in relation to healthcare professions such as obstetricians and obstetric nurses, who specialize in this field of medicine.
Webster Dictionary
Obstetricadjective
alt. of Obstetrical
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Obstetric
-al, ob-stet′rik, -al, adj. pertaining to midwifery.—ns. Obstetric′ian, one skilled in obstetrics; Obstet′rics, the science of midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; Obstet′rix, a midwife. [L. obstetricius—obstetrix, -icis, a midwife—ob, before, stāre, to stand.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of obstetric in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of obstetric in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of obstetric in a Sentence
There are norms, assessments, behaviors and institutional practices that might be taking their cues from the White population and then being sort of indiscriminately applied to the Black and Latina childbearing population, that’s incredibly worrisome because it’s effectively institutional level racism manifesting down in these obstetric clinical practices.
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- obstètricCatalan, Valencian
- obstétricoSpanish
- cnáimhseachIrish
- obstetricOccitan
- obstetrício, obstétricoPortuguese
- obstetricRomanian
- 产科的Chinese
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