obstetrics
(əbˈstɛ trɪks)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the branch of medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth.
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lamaze method of childbirth
(Lamaze method of childbirth, Lamaze method)
Princeton's WordNet
a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth; the pregnant woman (in classes and at home) practices (usually with the help of a coach) and learns about the physiology of childbirth and techniques of relaxation, concentration, and breathing
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lamaze method
(Lamaze method of childbirth, Lamaze method)
Princeton's WordNet
a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth; the pregnant woman (in classes and at home) practices (usually with the help of a coach) and learns about the physiology of childbirth and techniques of relaxation, concentration, and breathing
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midwife
Webster Dictionary
to assist in childbirth
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maieutical
Webster Dictionary
serving to assist childbirth
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agalaxy
Webster Dictionary
failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth
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lochia
Webster Dictionary
the discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth
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labor
Webster Dictionary
to be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth
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labor
Webster Dictionary
travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth
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puerperal
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever
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midwifery
Webster Dictionary
assistance at childbirth; help or cooperation in production
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pain
Webster Dictionary
specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth
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travail
Webster Dictionary
to suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor
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midwifery
Webster Dictionary
the art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics
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accoucheur
Webster Dictionary
a man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician
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lying-in
Webster Dictionary
the state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement
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afterpains
Webster Dictionary
the pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth
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confinement
Webster Dictionary
restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in
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postpartum
(ʊstˈpɑr təm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
following childbirth.
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parturition
Webster Dictionary
the act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth
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midwife
Webster Dictionary
a woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art
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obstetricious
Webster Dictionary
serving to assist childbirth; obstetric; hence, facilitating any bringing forth or deliverance
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deliver
Webster Dictionary
to free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of
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lie
(ɪ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
lie in, to be confined to bed in childbirth.
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labor
(ˈleɪ bər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to undergo childbirth.
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confined
(ənˈfaɪnd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
being in childbirth; being in parturition.
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postnatal
(ʊstˈneɪt l)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
subsequent to childbirth.
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obstetrics
Webster Dictionary
the science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth
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obstetrical
(əbˈstɛ trɪ kəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to childbirth or obstetrics.
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accouchement
(əˈkuʃ mənt, ˌæk uʃˈmɑ̃)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the confinement of childbirth; lying-in.
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