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31fetology — noun the branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus • Syn: ↑foetology • Hypernyms: ↑obstetrics, ↑OB, ↑tocology, ↑midwifery * * * fetologist, n. /fee tol euh …
32foetology — noun the branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus • Syn: ↑fetology • Hypernyms: ↑obstetrics, ↑OB, ↑tocology, ↑midwifery * * * /fee tol euh jee/, n. fetology …
33gravida I — noun (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time • Syn: ↑primigravida • Topics: ↑obstetrics, ↑OB, ↑tocology, ↑midwifery • Hypernyms: ↑ …
34incompetent cervix — noun (obstetrics) uterine cervix that becomes dilated before term and without labor often resulting in miscarriage or premature birth • Topics: ↑obstetrics, ↑OB, ↑tocology, ↑midwifery • Hypernyms: ↑cervix, ↑uterine cervix, ↑ …
35induction of labor — noun (obstetrics) inducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sac • Topics: ↑obstetrics, ↑OB, ↑tocology, ↑midwifery • Hypernyms: ↑induction …
36medical specialty — noun the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques • Syn: ↑medicine • Derivationally related forms: ↑medical (for: ↑medicine), ↑medicine (for: ↑medicine) …
37midwifery — noun 1. the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother • Syn: ↑obstetrics, ↑OB, ↑tocology • Derivationally related forms: ↑obstetric (for: ↑obstetrics), ↑obstetrical …
38para I — noun (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time • Syn: ↑primipara • Derivationally related forms: ↑primiparous (for: ↑primipara) • Topics: ↑ …
39perinatology — noun the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium • Derivationally related forms:… …
40quadripara — noun (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies • Topics: ↑obstetrics, ↑OB, ↑tocology, ↑midwifery • Hypernyms: ↑mother, ↑female parent …
