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obstetric

/uhb-ste-trik/US // əbˈstɛ trɪk //UK // (ɒbˈstɛtrɪk) //

产科,妇产科,妇产

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
    • : of or relating to childbirth or obstetrics. Abbreviations: OB, ob

Examples

  • That the medical community can’t even agree on which cord defects contribute to stillbirth, Collins said, is due to an “educational void” in obstetric medicine.

  • Many of her patients live in rural areas, where hospitals have been closing obstetrics units for decades.

  • “Nonsterile gloves and sterile obstetric and surgical gloves were depleted or absent in all four counties,” the report reads.

  • “Whether the Dutch obstetric-care system contributes to this relatively high mortality remains unclear,” it says.

  • She is the only midwife for whom an obstetric maneuver has been named (Gaskin maneuver).

  • The obstetric forceps were for so long a time kept secret that they were of small benefit at first to the obstetric art.

  • Well (rejoins Sokrates) — and my obstetric science has pronounced all your offspring to be mere wind, unworthy of being preserved!

  • Sixteen of the principal obstetric practitioners of Great Britain were examined on this point.

  • Adams had translated from the Greek the works of Paul of Ægina, the father of obstetric surgery, and printed the first volume.

  • I have employed it in obstetric practice with entire success.