Obstetrics

[əb'stetrɪks] or [əb'stɛtrɪks]

(noun.) the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother.

Typist: Serena--From WordNet

(n.) The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth.

Checker: Virgil

n. pl. Midwifery, tocology.

Checked by Genevieve