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obstetrics (OB)

The specialty of medicine concerned with care of women during pregnancy, paturition & the pueriperum.

Related

conception labor & delivery menopause pregnancy (gestation) prenatal care

Specific

amniocentesis

General

obstetrics & gynecology (OB-GYN)

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Callaghan WM et al. Severe maternal morbidity among delivery and postpartum hospitalizations in the United States. Obstet Gynecol 2012 Nov; 120:1029 PMID: 23090519