obstetric

See also: obstètric

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medical Latin obstetricus (“belonging to a midwife”), from Latin obstētrīx (“midwife”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əbˈstɛtɹɪk/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Adjective

obstetric (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).
    obstetric clinic
    • 2020 March 19, Helen Lewis, “The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism”, in The Atlantic‎:
      For Wenham, the most striking statistic from Sierra Leone, one of the countries worst affected by Ebola, was that from 2013 to 2016, during the outbreak, more women died of obstetric complications than the infectious disease itself.

Derived terms

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French obstétrique.

Adjective

obstetric m or n (feminine singular obstetrică, masculine plural obstetrici, feminine and neuter plural obstetrice)

  1. obstetric

Declension
Declension of obstetric
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite obstetric obstetrică obstetrici obstetrice
definite obstetricul obstetrica obstetricii obstetricele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite obstetric obstetrice obstetrici obstetrice
definite obstetricului obstetricei obstetricilor obstetricelor
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