单词 | obstetrication |
释义 | † obstetricationn. Obsolete. rare. The action of a midwife or accoucheur; midwifery; the act of delivering a baby or assisting at a birth. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > obstetrics midwifery?c1475 obstetricationa1631 man-midwifery1681 obstetrics1813 tocology1828 obstetricy1834 a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. i. §2 Assemblies..for the delivery and obstetrication of those children of naturall law. 1644 Bp. J. Hall Free Prisoner viii, in Devout Soul 171 There hee must lye in an uncouth posture..till..he shal be by an helpfull obstetrication drawn forth into the larger prison of the world. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. II. Midwifery, the vulgar name for obstetrication. 1870 Spiers & Surenne's French & Eng. Pronouncing Dict. (rev. ed.) 6/3 Accouchement,1. confinement... 2. delivery. 3. obstetrication; midwifery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.a1631 |
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