The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obstetric \Ob*stet"ric\ ([o^]b*st[e^]t"r[i^]k), Obstetrical \Ob*stet"ric*al\ ([o^]b*st[e^]t"r[i^]*kal), a. [L. obstetricius, fr. obstetrix, -icis, a midwife, fr. obstare to stand before: cf. F. obst['e]trique. See Obstacle.]
Of or pertaining to childbirth, midwifery, or the period around the time of the birth of children; as, the obstetric art.
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Of or pertaining to obstetrics; as, the obstetric unit of a hospital.
Obstetrical toad (Zo["o]l.), a European toad of the genus Alytes, especially Alytes obstetricans. The eggs are laid in a string which the male winds around his legs, and carries about until the young are hatched.
Wiktionary
a. of, or relating to obstetrics
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics; "obstetric hospital" [syn: obstetric]
Usage examples of "obstetrical".
Similar precautions should be taken after the autopsy or surgical treatment of cases of erysipelas, if the physician is obliged to unite such offices with his obstetrical duties, which is in the highest degree inexpedient.
Driver said a pregnant woman just died of blood loss from some kind of obstetrical complication.
I gave Brenda and Janice a final word of thanks and took the elevator to the third-floor obstetrical department.
What I did not know was that the obstetrical nurse-practitioner at University Health Services, who had just received the results of my blood tests, was waiting for me to return her increasingly desperate messages.
But the first go-round had shown me that Faye and Jay were as lost in this new obstetrical terrain as my own parents.
She also carried even more information and understanding about my baby than I could have gotten from the obstetrical specialists at University Health Services.
I have addressed a number of medical conferences on the topic of ethics related to the new obstetrical technologies.
Most of the students in the class seemed glad that the New Obstetrical Technologies existed but were somewhat ambivalent about their moral, psychological, and social repercussions.
A couple of weeks after the New Obstetrical Technologies debate, I got into a pitched argument with a famous feminist who was visiting from Europe.
In fact Charles had pioneered the concept of combining the intimacy of home delivery with the latest in obstetrical technology in freestanding facilities, then franchised it through a well-known hospital chain.
Up on the roof, amid the strapped-down merchandise for village stores upriver, the matching sets of lawn furniture, barbecue grills, inflatable toys, the bags of plastic sandals, sun hats, boxes of canned cocoa, laundry powder, and Duracell batteries, Drake had found smoking refuge in a used obstetrical chair destined for a needy highland clinic.
If within a short period two cases of puerperal fever happen close to each other, in the practice of the same physician, the disease not existing or prevailing in the neighborhood, he would do wisely to relinquish his obstetrical practice for at least one month, and endeavor to free himself by every available means from any noxious influence he may carry about with him.
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.
Shw, motioning them into the room with its sterile obstetrical workstation and pink dungeon.
Gayle motioned toward two pairs of handcuffs by the obstetrical chair.