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obstetric


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Obstetric  \Ob*stet"ric\,  Obstetrical  \Ob*stet"ric*al\,  a.  [L. 
  obstetricius,  fr  obstetrix,  -icis,  a  midwife,  fr  obstare  to 
  stand  before:  cf.F.  obst['e]trique.  See  {Obstacle}.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  midwifery,  or  the  delivery  of  women  in 
  childbed;  as  the  obstetric  art. 
 
  {Obstetrical  toad}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  European  toad  of  the  genus 
  {Alytes},  especially  {A.  obstetricans}.  The  eggs  are  laid 
  in  a  string  which  the  male  winds  around  his  legs,  and 
  carries  about  until  the  young  are  hatched. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  obstetric 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  or  used  in  or  practicing  obstetrics; 
  "obstetric  hospital"  [syn:  {obstetrical}] 




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