OBSTETRICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obstetrics mean? 

• OBSTETRICS (noun)
  The noun OBSTETRICS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother

  Familiarity information: OBSTETRICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBSTETRICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

midwifery; OB; obstetrics; tocology

Hypernyms ("obstetrics" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Domain member category:

induction of labor ((obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac)

presentation ((obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal)

incompetent cervix ((obstetrics) uterine cervix that becomes dilated before term and without labor often resulting in miscarriage or premature birth)

nullipara ((obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child)

gravida I; primigravida ((obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time)

para I; primipara ((obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time)

quadripara ((obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies)

quintipara ((obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies)

para; parity ((obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "obstetrics"):

fetology; foetology (the branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus)

perinatology (the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium)

Derivation:

obstetric; obstetrical (of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics)

obstetrician (a physician specializing in obstetrics)

 Context examples 

An international organization with a mission to promote the wellbeing of women and to raise the standards of practice in obstetrics and gynecology.

(Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called obstetrics and gynecology.

(Ob/gyn, NCI Dictionary)

We used to think it took years and years to develop high blood pressure, said study author David Haas, M.D., a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, and a practicing OB/GYN doctor.

(First-time pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of hypertension later in life, National Institutes of Health)