obstetrics

See also: obstètrics

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Etymology

From obstetric.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /əbˈstɛ.trɪks/, /ɑbˈstɛ.trɪks/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

obstetrics (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The care of women during and after pregnancy.
    Coordinate term: gynecology
    • 2024 September 8, Kamala Thiagarajan, “Women who are blind play a critical role in identifying possible breast cancers”, in NPR‎[1]:
      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.

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