Meanings
alternative obsolete obstetrick
- not comparableOf or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).
obstetric clinic
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinobstetrīx“midwife”
- Latinobstetricus“belonging to a midwife”
- Englishobstetric
From Medical Latin obstetricus (“belonging to a midwife”), from Latin obstetrīx (“midwife”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian акушерски
- акушерски (akušerski)relating to obstetrics
Catalan obstètric
- obstètricrelating to obstetrics
Czech porodnický
- porodnickýrelating to obstetrics
Dutch verloskundig
- verloskundigrelating to obstetrics
French obstétrique
- obstétriquerelating to obstetrics
German geburtshilflich
- geburtshilflichrelating to obstetrics
Irish cnáimhseach
- cnáimhseachrelating to obstetrics
Polish położniczy
- położniczyrelating to obstetrics
Portuguese obstétrico, obstetrício
- obstétricorelating to obstetrics
- obstetríciorelating to obstetrics
Romanian obstetric
- obstetricrelating to obstetrics
Russian родовспомога́тельный, акуше́рский
- родовспомога́тельный (rodovspomogátelʹnyj)relating to obstetrics
- акуше́рский (akušérskij)relating to obstetrics
Spanish obstétrico
- obstétricorelating to obstetrics
Swahili uzazi
- uzazirelating to obstetrics
Cite this entry
obstetric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstetric
“obstetric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstetric. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obstetric,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstetric.
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