Midwifery

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  • noun. The techniques and practice of a midwife.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The practice of obstetrics; the practice of assisting women in childbirth.
  • noun. Assistance at childbirth or in production.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics.
  • noun. Assistance at childbirth; help or coöperation in production.
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  • noun. The practice and science of being a midwife.
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  • noun. the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother
  • noun. assisting women at childbirth
    • Word Usage
    "Midwives eventually turned into the term midwifery, and it was just a practice in the field of obstetrics."
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    delivery  obstetrical delivery  
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    obstetrics  
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