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Definition of Midwifery
1. Noun. The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother.
Examples of category: Induction Of Labor, Presentation, Incompetent Cervix, Nullipara, Gravida I, Primigravida, Para I, Primipara, Quadripara, Quintipara, Para, Parity
Generic synonyms: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Specialized synonyms: Fetology, Foetology, Perinatology
Derivative terms: Obstetric, Obstetrical, Obstetrician
2. Noun. Assisting women at childbirth.
Definition of Midwifery
1. n. The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics.
Definition of Midwifery
1. Noun. The practice and science of being a midwife. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Midwifery
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Medical Definition of Midwifery
1. 1. The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics. 2. Assistance at childbirth; help or cooperation in production. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Midwifery
Literary usage of Midwifery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1859)
"FR О. Р. В., Lecturer on midwifery, etc. etc. 12mo. pp. 182. ... In the chapter
of his recent work on midwifery, the translation of which is before us, ..."
2. The Lancet (1842)
"By John Ramsbotham, MD, late Lecturer on midwifery at the London HoS! Practical
Observations in midwifery ; wit. Cases in Illustration. ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1782)
"... of midwifery. By Edward Potter, MD tec. Completed and Corrected by James Sims,
MD 8vo. ... of midwifery.' This performance might have been rendered more ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1888)
"We find the System of midwifery well up to date in this edition in all but a few
subjects ... This is a fault common to nearly every text-book on midwifery, ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1889)
"He might be professor of Medicine, or he might be professor of Surgery, or, as
at Amsterdam, Ruysch was in his time the teacher of midwifery. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use by Austin Flint (1884)
"A Treatise on midwifery. In one very handsome octavo volume of ahout 550 ...
A Manual of midwifery for Midwives and Medical Students. ..."
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