obstetric

1. 1.

   of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics

   “obstetric hospital”

   Synonymsobstetrical

Questions about obstetric

What does obstetric mean?

obstetric means "of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics".

How many syllables are in obstetric?

obstetric has 3 syllables: ob-stet-ric. The stress falls on "stet". In IPA it is /əbˈstɛtɹɪk/.

What is another word for obstetric?

Close synonyms include obstetrical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obstetric a common word?

obstetric is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.