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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
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Obstetrics
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example Sentences
- Asch declined to say which obstetrics programs did the best.
- My member of ground staff was not amused, but ignorant of obstetrics she lacked any reasonable counter-suggestions.
- They have engaged in a protracted and mendacious smear of modern obstetrics.
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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,
EXPAND"but only pedantry would take exception to obstetric at this stage of its career." [Fowler]
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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Science Dictionary
obstetrics  (ŏb-stět'rĭks) Pronunciation Key
The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth. |
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Cultural Dictionary
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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