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English
Etymology
From Medical Latin obstetricus (“belonging to a midwife”), from Latin obstētrīx (“midwife”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
obstetric (not comparable)
- Of or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).
obstetric clinic
2020 March 19, Helen Lewis, “The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism”, in The Atlantic:For Wenham, the most striking statistic from Sierra Leone, one of the countries worst affected by Ebola, was that from 2013 to 2016, during the outbreak, more women died of obstetric complications than the infectious disease itself.
Derived terms
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French obstétrique.
Adjective
obstetric m or n (feminine singular obstetrică, masculine plural obstetrici, feminine and neuter plural obstetrice)
- obstetric
Declension