Crossword clues for midwife
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Midwife \Mid"wife`\, n.; pl. Midwives. [OE. midwif, fr. AS. mid with (akin to Gr. ?) + ? woman, wife. Properly, the woman or wife who is attendant upon a woman in childbirth. See Meta-, and Wife.] A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.
Midwife \Mid"wife`\, v. t. To assist in childbirth.
Midwife \Mid"wife`\, v. i. To perform the office of midwife.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician. 2 (context rare figuratively English) Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To act as a midwife 2 (context transitive figuratively English) to facilitate the emergence of
WordNet
n. a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies [syn: accoucheuse]
[also: midwives (pl)]
Wikipedia
A midwife is a professional in midwifery. Midwives are specialists in pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and women's sexual and reproductive health (including annual gynecological exams, family planning, menopausal care and others). They are also educated and trained to recognise the variations of normal progress of labor and how to deal with deviations from normal to discern and what may intervene in high risk situations, such as breech births, twin births and births where the baby is in a posterior position, using non-invasive techniques. When a pregnant woman requires care beyond the midwife's scope of practice, they refer women to obstetricians or perinatologists who are medical specialists in complications related to pregnancy and birth, including surgical and instrumental deliveries. In many parts of the world, these professions work in tandem to provide care to childbearing women. In others, only the midwife is available to provide care, and in yet other countries many women elect to utilize obstetricians primarily over midwives.
Many developing countries are investing money and training for midwives as these services are needed all over the world. Some primary care services are currently lacking due to the shortage of money being funded for these resources.
Usage examples of "midwife".
I think the midwife thtole the royal children and put their own brath in the cradle inthtead.
The extension of the Midwives Act to Scotland, establishing recognized training centres for midwifery nursing.
An epidemic of missing foetuses is something that would surely cause a stir among gynaecologists, midwives, obstetrical nurses, especially in an age of heightened feminist awareness.
Grigory rushed to Marfa Ignatievna and sent her to help Lizaveta while he himself ran to bring the midwife, an old tradeswoman who happened to live nearby.
Ruby Archuleta was an uncertified midwife who had been safely delivering babies since 1940.
Mother Mary stood to one side, setting up a shining silver tray for Emmanuel, taking an uncustomary second-in-command position to the resident midwife.
The men had returned with Lucy Bentwood and the midwife around midnight.
The old midwife made signs with her hands, and her husband rose too and sidled towards the door, where his billhook was propped.
An herbwoman and midwife, she was thought by some folk to be a witch, but in truth, she merely loved her solitude.
When the mother feels the fulness of time at hand, the priestess of Lucina, the midwife, is duly summoned, and she comes bearing in her hand a tripod, better known as a three-legged stool, the uses of which are only revealed to the initiated.
August 1942, six months after her arrival in Paotow-Zi, Milla was delivered of a healthy boy by the village midwife.
Kishenev with only a Moldavian peasant woman to help instead of a midwife.
He also quotes the case of a woman who conceived by a mariner, and who, after nine months, was delivered by a midwife of a shapeless mass, followed by an animal with a long neck, blazing eyes, and clawed feet.
Mollie was born in a grand house in Wharfedale, Yorkshire, delivered by the village midwife, so the story goes, with old Tom boiling up kettles of water and only an oil lamp to light the room.
Aquae Sextiae, Caesar made a hurried trip across the Alps bearing dispatches for Rome, and his brief visit resulted in a second pregnancy for Aurelia, who bore a second girl the following February, again in her own home, again attended by no one save the local midwife and Cardixa.