noun (used with a singular verb)
- the branch of medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth. Abbreviation: OB, ob
noun
- (functioning as singular) the branch of medicine concerned with childbirth and the treatment of women before and after childbirth
n.“science of midwifery,” 1819, from obstetric (adj.); also see -ics. n.
- The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the recuperative period following delivery.
- The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth.
A branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, labor, and the period of recovery following childbirth.