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midwifery


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Midwifery  \Mid"wife`ry\  (?;  277),  n. 
  1.  The  art  or  practice  of  assisting  women  in  childbirth; 
  obstetrics. 
 
  2.  Assistance  at  childbirth;  help  or  co["o]peration  in 
  production. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  midwifery 
  n  1:  the  branch  of  medicine  dealing  with  childbirth  and  care  of 
  the  mother  [syn:  {obstetrics},  {tocology}] 
  2:  assisting  women  at  childbirth 




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