Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OB-STET'RIC
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OB-STET'RIC, a. [L. obstetrix, a midwife; ob and sto, to stand before.]
Pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art.
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