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 withchildbirth
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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