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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
- nullipara (obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child
- obstetrical of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics
- quadripara (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies
- gravida i (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time