noun
- the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and the care of women giving birth
Usage: medical
Examples
- She specialized in obstetrics and gynecology after medical school.
- The hospital’s obstetrics department delivered over 2,000 babies last year.
- Modern obstetrics has greatly reduced maternal mortality rates.
- He chose obstetrics because he wanted to help bring new life into the world.
- The obstetrics ward was equipped with the latest monitoring technology.
- She completed her residency in obstetrics at a major teaching hospital.