Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)The care of women during and after pregnancy.

    Geburtshilfe, Obstetrik

    акуше́рствоakušérstvo, родовспоможе́ниеrodovspomožénije

More definitions
  • the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Recently, shortages of obstetrics and gynecology specialists have become a problem.

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  2. In Japan, only women are entitled to take the national obstetrics exam.

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  3. Obstetrics deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.

    ruАкушерство занимается беременностью, деторождением и послеродовым периодом.

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  4. Obstetrics is in crisis as the number of obstetricians continues to fall.

    deDie Geburtshilfe gerät in eine Krise, da die Anzahl der Geburtshelfer stetig abnimmt.

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  5. They replied that because all 61 beds in the obstetrics/gynaecology department were full, no admissions were possible.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
care of women during and after pregnancy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
care of women during and after pregnancy:

Origin

From obstetric.

From obstetric.

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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