🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

obstetricia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: obstetricia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
obstetrics/ɒbˈstɛtrɪks/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El hospital abrió una nueva clínica de obstetricia."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The branch of medicine and surgery concerned with childbirth and the care of women giving birth.

    "She decided to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology during her medical residency."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin obstetrix meaning 'midwife' (from obstare 'to stand before or against'), combined with the suffix -ics.

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