Midwifery
Of medicine. May also be referred to as OB, obstetrics and tocology.
The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother.
This concept's ID is @1~32700
Mother
- primipara
(obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time.
- quadripara
(obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancie...
- quintipara
(obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancie...
Also contains
- perinatology
The branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and...
- primigravida
(obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time.
- nullipara
(obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child.
- presentation
(obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; "Cesarean...
- parity
(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother...
- induction of labor
(obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin...
- incompetent cervix
(obstetrics) uterine cervix that becomes dilated before term and without labor...
- fetology
The branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus.
More Connections
- obstetrician
A physician specializing in obstetrics.