Meanings
alternative abbreviation ob. · alternative abbreviation obs. · alternative abbreviation obstet. · alternative abbreviation obstetr. · alternative obsolete obstetricks
- uncountablemedicineThe care of women during and after pregnancy.
1 more example
A pilot study conducted in 2023 by the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the Erlangen University Hospital in Germany involved 104 patients and concluded that clinical breast examinations by MTEs who were visually impaired were as accurate in identifying potentially cancerous tumors as doctors trained in this procedure.
2024 September 8, Kamala Thiagarajan, “Women who are blind play a critical role in identifying possible breast cancers”, in NPR
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian акушерство
- акушерство (akušerstvo)care of women during and after pregnancy
Catalan obstetrícia
- obstetríciacare of women during and after pregnancy
Chinese Mandarin 產科學 /产科学, 助產術 /助产术
- 產科學 /产科学 (chǎnkēxué)care of women during and after pregnancy
- 助產術 /助产术 (zhùchǎnshù)care of women during and after pregnancy
Czech porodnictví
- porodnictvícare of women during and after pregnancy
Danish obstetrik
- obstetrikcare of women during and after pregnancy
Dutch verloskunde
- verloskundecare of women during and after pregnancy
Esperanto akuŝologio, obstetriko
- akuŝologiocare of women during and after pregnancy
- obstetrikocare of women during and after pregnancy
Finnish synnytysoppi, obstetriikka
- synnytysoppicare of women during and after pregnancy
- obstetriikkacare of women during and after pregnancy
French obstétrique
- obstétriquecare of women during and after pregnancy
German Geburtshilfe, Obstetrik
- Geburtshilfecare of women during and after pregnancy
- Obstetrikcare of women during and after pregnancy
Greek οβστετρική
- οβστετρική (ovstetrikí)care of women during and after pregnancy
Hungarian szülészet
- szülészetcare of women during and after pregnancy
Indonesian obstetri, kandungan
- obstetricare of women during and after pregnancy
- kandungancare of women during and after pregnancy
Irish cnáimhseachas
- cnáimhseachascare of women during and after pregnancy
Italian ostetricia
- ostetriciacare of women during and after pregnancy
Japanese 産科学
- 産科学 (sankagaku)care of women during and after pregnancy
Korean 산과학
- 산과학 (san'gwahak)care of women during and after pregnancy
Malay obstetrik
- obstetrikcare of women during and after pregnancy
Polish położnictwo, akuszeria
- położnictwocare of women during and after pregnancy
- akuszeriacare of women during and after pregnancy
- akuszerstwocare of women during and after pregnancy
Portuguese obstetrícia
- obstetríciacare of women during and after pregnancy
Romanian obstetrică
- obstetricăcare of women during and after pregnancy
Russian акуше́рство, родовспоможе́ние
- акуше́рство (akušérstvo)care of women during and after pregnancy
- родовспоможе́ние (rodovspomožénije)care of women during and after pregnancy
Spanish obstetricia
- obstetriciacare of women during and after pregnancy
Swedish obstetrik, förlossningskonst
- obstetrikcare of women during and after pregnancy
- förlossningskonstcare of women during and after pregnancy
Thai สูติศาสตร์
- สูติศาสตร์care of women during and after pregnancy
Turkish obstetrik
- obstetrikcare of women during and after pregnancy
Vietnamese sản khoa học
- sản khoa họccare of women during and after pregnancy
Welsh obstetreg
- obstetregcare of women during and after pregnancy
Yiddish אָבסטעטריק
- אָבסטעטריק (obstetrik)care of women during and after pregnancy
Cite this entry
obstetrics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstetrics
“obstetrics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstetrics. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obstetrics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstetrics.
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