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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Latin
Origin: obstetrix 'midwife', from obstare; OBSTACLE

obstetrics

 noun
     
Related topics: Birth, Hospital
ob‧stet‧rics [uncountable]
MHMB the part of medical science that deals with the birth of children
—obstetric adjective
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