Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The science of childbirth; midwifery or obstetrics.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That department of medicine which treats of parturition; obstetrics.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition.

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  • noun medicine the branch of medicine that deals with childbirth

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek tokos, childbirth; see tek- in Indo-European roots + –logy.]

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From Ancient Greek τόκος (tokos, "childbirth"), from τίκτω (tiktō, "I give birth").

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