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Definition of: obstetrics
(əb·stet′riks) noun
The branch of medical science relating to pregnancy and childbirth; midwifery. [Orig. plural of obstetric, adjective, <L obstetricus <obstetrix, -icis a midwife <obstare. See OBSTACLE.]
—ob·stet′ri·cal, ob·stet′ric adjective
—ob·stet′ri·cal·ly adverb
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