midwifery

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noun

1. the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother
• Syn:
obstetrics, OB, tocology
• Derivationally related forms:
obstetric (for: obstetrics), obstetrical (for: obstetrics), obstetrician (for: obstetrics)
• Members of this Topic:
induction of labor, presentation, incompetent cervix, nullipara, primigravida,
primigravida, primipara, para I, quadripara, quintipara,
parity, para
• Hypernyms:
medicine, medical specialty
• Hyponyms:
fetology, foetology, perinatology
2. assisting women at childbirth
• Hypernyms:
delivery, obstetrical delivery

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  obstetrics, OB, tocology