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noun
A branch of obstetrics focusing on the medical and surgical management of high-risk pregnancies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: obstetrics, OB, tocology, midwifery
History
From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around or about”) + Latin natus + -ology.
Across languages
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