单词	obstetrics
释义	obstetricsob‧stet‧rics /əbˈstetrɪks/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINobstetrics Origin: 1700-1800 Latin obstetrix ‘midwife’, from obstare; ➔ OBSTACLE Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Both gynaecology and obstetrics challenged traditional lines of demarcation between medicine and surgery. He's a medical student, doing an obstetrics and gynaecology elective at the District. On leaving Hunter's, White returned to Manchester to continue his studies, developing his interests in surgery and obstetrics. The research itself was laboratory based, although directly relevant to academic obstetrics. There is a dire need to encourage juniors into academic obstetrics and gynaecology. To get experience in obstetrics and gynaecology for vocational training I had to come back to London. word sets WORD SETS► Birth afterbirth, nounantenatal, adjectiveartificial insemination, nounbaby blues, nounbarren, adjectivebarrier method, nounbear, verbbirth control, nounbreast-feed, verbbreech birth, nouncaesarean, nouncap, nounchildbearing, nounchildbirth, nounconceive, verbconfinement, nouncontraception, nouncontraction, nounC-section, noundeliver, verbdelivery, noundiaphragm, nounDutch cap, nounembryo, nounembryology, nouneugenics, nounfamily planning, nounfertility, nounfertility drug, nounfertilize, verbfetal, adjectivefetus, nounfoetal position, nounfoetus, nounfull-term, adjectivegestation, noungonad, nounincubator, nouninduce, verbinduction, nouninfant mortality rate, nouninfertile, adjectiveIUD, nounIVF, nounmaternal, adjectivematernity, nounmidwife, nounmidwifery, nounmilk, nounmiscarriage, nounmiscarry, verbmorning-after pill, nounmorning sickness, nounmother-to-be, nounmum-to-be, nounnatal, adjectivenatural, adjectivenatural childbirth, nounneuter, verbnurse, verbobstetrics, nounoral contraceptive, nounoviduct, nounovulate, verbovum, nounperinatal, adjectivepostnatal, adjectivepreemie, nounpregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectivepresentation, nounprocreate, verbproduce, verbquickening, nounreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverhythm method, nounspay, verbsterile, adjectivesterilize, verbstillbirth, nounstillborn, adjectivestretch mark, nounsurrogate mother, nounswaddle, verbswaddling clothes, nountermination, nountest-tube baby, nountrimester, nounultrasound, nounumbilical cord, noununborn, adjectivewean, verbzygote, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► Obstetrics was · Obstetrics was her specialism at medical school. the part of medical science that deals with the birth of childrenGRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?Obstetrics is followed by a singular verb: · Obstetrics was her specialism at medical school.—obstetric adjective
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