obstetrical

1. 1.

   of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics

   “obstetric hospital”

   Synonymsobstetric

Questions about obstetrical

What does obstetrical mean?

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

How many syllables are in obstetrical?

obstetrical has 4 syllables: ob-stet-ri-cal. The stress falls on "stet". In IPA it is /əbˈstɛtɹɪkəl/.

What is another word for obstetrical?

Close synonyms include obstetric. 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 obstetrical a common word?

obstetrical 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.