Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to the profession of obstetrics or the care of women during and after pregnancy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Same as obstetrical.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to childbirth, midwifery, or the period around the time of the birth of children.
- adj. Of or pertaining to obstetrics.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics
Etymologies
- Latin obstetrīcius, pertaining to a midwife, from obstetrīx, obstetrīc-, midwife, from obstitus, past participle of obstāre, to stand opposite to : ob-, opposite to; see ob- + stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The humiliating injury is called obstetric fistula, a tear in the tissue between the vagina and adjoining organs, caused by prolonged labor in small, undernourished women-and now almost unknown outside the poorest countries of Africa and Asia.”
“Some of the women have been unable to control the flow of urine and faeces from their bodies for many years due to a medical condition known as obstetric fistula.”
“I am visiting the Jimma Referral Hospital as part of a trip sponsored by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), which provides support for the government's program to train non-physician clinicians to perform procedures, such as obstetric surgery, traditionally performed by doctors.”
Hanna Ingber Win: Mothers Of Ethiopia Part I: Zemzem's Journey
“This unmet need may result in death or painful disabilities, such as obstetric fistula.”
“Apart from the pain and trauma it causes, circumcision may lead to various forms of infection, incontinence, sterility and difficulties in child birth, such as obstetric fistulas.”
“Except at times and in places influenced by Catholic principles, what medical writers call "obstetric" abortion, as distinct from "criminal" (though both are indefensible on moral grounds), has always been a common practice.”
“This kind of obstetric medicine quite literally rendered women helpless to manage their own minds and bodies.”
“The reality is that women get busy with their new family, says Dr. Ellen Landsberger, obstetric diabetes director at New York's Montefiore Medical Center, whose clinic takes steps to track those patients down.”
“The study is "very important" and the gel reduced preterm births by "a good amount" in these women, said George Macones, vice chairman of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' committee on obstetric practice, who wasn't involved with the study.”
The Wall Street Journal: Gel Lowers Preterm-Delivery Risks, Study Finds
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larkinm Your examples relate to the usage of "obstetric" in the health domaine. Here's one that relates to philosophy:
"Therefore he called his method the 'maieutic' or 'obstetric' art." Dec 10, 2009