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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The science of childbirth; midwifery or obstetrics.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. That department of medicine which treats of parturition; obstetrics.

Wiktionary

  1. n. medicine the branch of medicine that deals with childbirth

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition.

WordNet 3.0

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

Etymologies

  1. From Ancient Greek τόκος (tokos, "childbirth"), from τίκτω (tiktō, "I give birth"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Greek tokos, childbirth; see tek- in Indo-European roots + -logy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. midwifery
  1. obstetrics

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  1. medical specialty
  1. medicine

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  1. foetology
  1. perinatology
  1. fetology

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  1. -logy

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