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nounthe branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mothertype of:
Definition that contains obstetrics
- presentation (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal
- para (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
- obstetrician a physician specializing in obstetrics
- obstetric of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics
- parity (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
- primipara (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time
- primigravida (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time
- accoucheur a physician specializing in obstetrics
- perinatology the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium
- induction of labor (obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac