obstetric

See also: obstètric

English

Alternative forms

• obstetrick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Medical Latin obstetricus (“belonging to a midwife”), from Latin obstētrīx (“midwife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əbˈstɛtɹɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

obstetric (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).

   obstetric clinic

   • 2020 March 19, Helen Lewis, “The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     For Wenham, the most striking statistic from Sierra Leone, one of the countries worst affected by Ebola, was that from 2013 to 2016, during the outbreak, more women died of obstetric complications than the infectious disease itself.

Derived terms

• OB-GYN
• obstetrician
• obstetrics
• obstetric toad
• obstetrix

Translations

relating to obstetrics

• Bulgarian: акушерски (bg) (akušerski)
• Catalan: obstètric
• Czech: porodnický
• Dutch: verloskundig (nl)
• French: obstétrique (fr)
• German: geburtshilflich
• Irish: cnáimhseach
• Occitan: obstetric
• Polish: położniczy (pl)
• Portuguese: obstétrico (pt), obstetrício (pt)
• Romanian: obstetric (ro)
• Russian: родовспомога́тельный (ru) (rodovspomogátelʹnyj), акуше́рский (ru) (akušérskij)
• Spanish: obstétrico

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French obstétrique.

Adjective

obstetric m or n (feminine singular obstetrică, masculine plural obstetrici, feminine and neuter plural obstetrice)

1. obstetric

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	obstetric		obstetrică		obstetrici	obstetrice
	definite	obstetricul		obstetrica		obstetricii	obstetricele
genitive- dative	indefinite	obstetric		obstetrice		obstetrici	obstetrice
	definite	obstetricului		obstetricei		obstetricilor	obstetricelor