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ob⋅stet⋅rics

  [uhb-ste-triks]
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–noun (used with a singular verb)
the branch of medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth. Abbreviation: OB, ob
Origin:
1810–20; see obstetrical, -ics
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ob·stet·rics   (ŏb-stět'rĭks, əb-)   
n.   (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the recuperative period following delivery.
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obstetrics [(uhb-ste-triks)]

A branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, labor, and the period of recovery following childbirth.

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Word Origin & History

obstetrics 
1819, from obstetric (adj.), 1742, from Mod.L. obstetricus "pertaining to a midwife," from obstetrix (gen. obstetricis) "midwife," lit. "one who stands opposite (the woman giving birth)," from obstare "stand opposite to" (see obstacle). The true adjective would be obstetricic, "but only pedantry would take exception to obstetric at this stage of its career." [Fowler]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ob·stet·rics
Pronunciation: &b-'ste-triks, äb-
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
: a branch ofmedical science that deals with birth and with its antecedents and sequelae
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obstetrics ob·stet·rics (ŏb-stět'rĭks, əb-)
n.
Abbr. OB
The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the recuperative period following delivery.

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