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SYLLABICATION:
ob·stet·ric

PRONUNCIATION:
  b-sttrk, b-

VARIANT FORMS:
also ob·stet·ri·cal (-r-kl)

ADJECTIVE:
Of or relating to the profession of obstetrics or the care of women during and after pregnancy.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin obstetrcius, pertaining to a midwife, from obstetrx, obstetrc-, midwife, from obstitus, past participle of obstre, to stand opposite to : ob-, opposite to; see ob– + stre, to stand.


All clear, are we??

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