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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
midwife/ˈmɪdwʌɪf/

▶noun (pl. midwives) a nurse who is trained to assist women in childbirth.

– derivatives
midwifery /-ˈwɪf(ə)ri/ noun.

– origin ME: prob. from the obs. prep. mid ‘with’ + wife (in the archaic sense ‘woman’).

'midwife' also found in these Oxford entries:

accouchement - accoucheur - maieutic - midwife toad - obstetric

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