Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The techniques and practice of a midwife.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of obstetrics; the practice of assisting women in childbirth.
- noun Assistance at childbirth or in production.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics.
- noun Assistance at childbirth; help or coöperation in production.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The practice and science of being a
midwife .
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
- noun assisting women at childbirth
Etymologies
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Examples
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Midwives eventually turned into the term midwifery,
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Midwives eventually turned into the term midwifery and it was just a practice in the field of obstetrics.
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Midwives eventually turned into the term midwifery, and it was just a practice in the field of obstetrics.
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My deep held passion for birth reform, homebirth and the profession of midwifery is only just starting to bleed into my fiction work.
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When I was touring with the hardcover, a great many mothers came to my readings with their little babies born at home, and told me how the book had reinforced their faith in midwifery, home birth, and the love a midwife brings to the experience.
A conversation with bestselling author Chris Bohjalian about his novel, Skeletons at the Feast 2010
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No financial interest in midwifery, except the generalized one that doctors use their influence over insurance companies and state legislatures to disadvantage non-physician providers.
Why Home Births Scare Me aka TBTAM 2008
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Note 85: For early training in midwifery, see I. Gaskin, Spiritual Midwifery, 2d ed.,
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583 2007
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Eliza received her degree in midwifery and is a licensed midwife.
INHABITOTS: Lullabaloo Celery Children’s Furniture | Inhabitat 2007
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Ina May has pursued a career in midwifery and has continued to lead the ongoing struggle to achieve both an end to the control of midwifery by medical professionals and a more cooperative relationship between the two professions.
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583 2007
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Ina May's and Stephen's only training in midwifery consisted of careful reading of obstetrics texts, supplemented with advice from sympathetic general practitioners. 82 This meant that midwives enjoyed more time with books than could most other Farm residents.
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583 2007
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