obstetrics

The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the recuperative period following delivery.

That department of medical art which deals with parturition and the treatment and care of women during pregnancy and childbirth; the practice of midwifery.

The science of midwifery.

The branch of medicine that deals with childbirth or the care of women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth.

The care of women during and after pregnancy

the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother