Obstetrics

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obstetrics \Ob*stet"rics\ ([o^]b*st[e^]t"r[i^]ks), n. [Cf. F.
     obst['e]trique. See {Obstetric}.]
     1. The science of midwifery. [archaic]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The branch of medicine that deals with childbirth or the


        care of women in parturition, or in the trouble incident
        to childbirth.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  obstetrics
       n : the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of
           the mother [syn: {OB}, {tocology}, {midwifery}]