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Obstetrical, Obstetric adj.

Of or pertaining to childbirth, midwifery, or the period around the time of the birth of children; as, the obstetric art.

Of or pertaining to obstetrics; as, the obstetric unit of a hospital.

Obstetrical toad (Zool.), 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.

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Etymology of 'Obstetrical'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Obstetrical" Quotes from Famous Books

... agreed with the Fujinami that the Dog had in all probability departed with the foreign husband. Then the toothless crone breathed three times upon the mouth, breasts and thighs of Asako; and when this operation was concluded, she stated her opinion that there was no reason, obstetrical or esoteric, why the ransomed daughter of the house of Fujinami should not become ...

— Kimono • John Paris

... middle of last April with a friend, a medical man, and I expressed doubt as to the truth of the stories of atrocity. I said I had combatted such stories often in America. In reply, he asked me to visit a house which had been made over into an obstetrical hospital for Belgian nuns. I went with him to the hospital. Here over a hundred nuns had been and were being ...

— Golden Lads • Arthur Gleason and Helen Hayes Gleason

Words linked to "Obstetrical" : obstetric, obstetrical toad, obstetrics, obstetrical delivery