obstetric en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /əbˈstɛtɹɪk/
Etymology
From Medical Latin obstetricus (“belonging to a midwife”), from Latin obstētrīx (“midwife”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).
For Wenham, the most striking statistic from Sierra Leone, one of the countries worst affected by Ebola, was that from 2013 to 2016, during the outbreak, more women died of obstetric complications than the infectious disease itself.
2020 March 19, Helen Lewis, “The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism”, in The Atlantic:obstetric clinic
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| obstetrick | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
obstetric toad · obstetrician · nonobstetric · obstetrics · obstetrication · obstetrix · obstetricate · OB-GYN · obstetrically
Translations (16)
ca obstètric (relating to obstetrics) · ro obstetric (relating to obstetrics) · pl położniczy (relating to obstetrics) · es obstétrico (relating to obstetrics) · fr obstétrique (relating to obstetrics) · nl verloskundig (relating to obstetrics) · oc obstetric (relating to obstetrics) · bg акушерски (relating to obstetrics) · sw uzazi (relating to obstetrics) · pt obstétrico (relating to obstetrics) · pt obstetrício (relating to obstetrics) · ru родовспомога́тельный (relating to obstetrics) · de geburtshilflich (relating to obstetrics) · cs porodnický (relating to obstetrics) · ga cnáimhseach (relating to obstetrics) · ru акуше́рский (relating to obstetrics)