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