obstetric

Definition

Of or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).

Etymology

From Medical Latin obstetricus (“belonging to a midwife”), from Latin obstētrīx (“midwife”).

Example Sentences

• "obstetric clinic"
• "For Wenham, the most striking statistic from Sierra Leone, one of the countries worst affected by Ebola, was that from 2013 to 2016, during the outbreak, more women died of obstetric complications than the infectious disease itself."