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obstetrics

nounfemininetécnico/ɔbʃtɨˈtɾisjɐ/medium

obs·te·tri·ci·a

Definition

The branch of medicine and surgery concerned with childbirth and midwifery.
She works in the hospital's obstetrics ward.
Modern obstetrics has made childbirth much safer.
Common collocations
obstetrics specialistobstetrics clinicobstetrics departmentcomplications in obstetrics

Etymology

Do latim 'obstetricia', de 'obstetrix' (parteira).

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