† obstetristn.
Obsolete. rare.
An obstetrician.
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midwifec1300
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Lucinac1405
matron?a1425
grace-wifec1600
Mother Midnight1602
headswoman1615
handwoman1637
sage woman1672
howdie1725
accoucheur1727
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obstetrix1773
accoucheuse1795
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obstetrician1826
obstetrist1873
tocologist1902
birth attendant1910
S.C.M.1935
monitrice1969
1873 R. Barnes Clin. Hist. Med. & Surg. Dis. Women xxxvi. 444 The same consummate obstetrist..insisted upon the rule now generally adopted, of not removing the placenta, if it in any degree adhere.
1892 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Obstetrist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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