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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obstetric/əbˈstetrɪk/

▶adjective relating to childbirth and the processes associated with it.

– derivatives
obstetrical adjective (chiefly N. Amer.),
obstetrically adverb,
obstetrics plural noun.

– origin C18: from mod. L. obstetricus from L. obstetricius (based on obstetrix ‘midwife’), from obstare ‘be present’.

'obstetrics' also found in these Oxford entries:

obstetric - obstetrician

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