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Webster 1913 Edition

Obstetrics

Ob-stet′rics

(ŏb-stĕt′rĭks)

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

obstétrique

. See

.]

1.

The science of midwifery.

[archaic]

Webster 1828 Edition

Obstetrics

OBSTET'RICS

,

Noun.

The art of assisting women in parturition; midwifery.

Definition 2025

obstetrics

obstetrics

See also: obstètrics

English

Alternative forms

ob., obs., obstet., obstetr. (abbreviations)
obstetricks (obsolete)

Noun

obstetrics ‎(uncountable)

(medicine) The care of women during and after pregnancy

Translations

care of women during and after pregnancy

Armenian: մանկաբարձություն (hy) ‎(mankabarjutʿyun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 產科學, 产科学 ‎(chǎnkēxué), 助產術, 助产术 ‎(zhùchǎnshù)
Czech: porodnictví n
Danish: obstetrik (da) c
Faroese: nærfrøði f
Finnish: synnytysoppi, obstetriikka (fi)
French: obstétrique (fr) f
German: Geburtshilfe (de) f
Hungarian: szülészet (hu)

Japanese: 産科学 ‎(さんかがく, sankagaku)
Korean: 산과학 (ko) ‎(san-gwahak)
Polish: położnictwo n
Portuguese: obstetrícia f
Romanian: obstetrică (ro) f
Russian: акуше́рство (ru) n ‎(akušérstvo), родовспоможе́ние (ru) n ‎(rodovspomožénije)
Spanish: obstetricia (es) f
Swedish: obstetrik (sv) c, förlossningskonst c
Turkish: gebelik ve doğum (tr) bilimi
Vietnamese: sản khoa học

External links

obstetrics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia