English noun: obstetrics | |||
1. | obstetrics (cognition) the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother | ||
Synonyms | midwifery, OB, tocology | ||
Broader (hypernym) | medical specialty, medicine | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fetology, foetology, perinatology | ||
Domain category members | gravida I, incompetent cervix, induction of labor, nullipara, para, para I, parity, presentation, primigravida, primipara, quadripara, quintipara | ||