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OBSTETRICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does obstetrical mean?
• OBSTETRICAL (adjective)
The adjective OBSTETRICAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics
Familiarity information: OBSTETRICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
obstetric; obstetrical
Context example:
obstetric hospital
Pertainym:
obstetrics (the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother)
Derivation:
obstetrics (the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother)
Context examples
A method to determine health status of fetus; it includes prenatal diagnostic methods and obstetrical management.
(Assessment of Fetal Condition, NCI Thesaurus)
Similar to morphine, but more potent and without cough suppressant activity, it is used in treatment of moderate to severe pain, including obstetrical pain, or as an adjunct to anaesthesia.
(Oxymorphone, NCI Thesaurus)
Eluding Jordan's undergraduate who was now engaged in an obstetrical conversation with two chorus girls, and who implored me to join him, I went inside.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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