mid·wife·ry (m d-wf  -r , mdw f r, -wf-r)n. The techniques and practice of a midwife including childbirth assistance, the independent care of essentially normal healthy women and infants before, during, and after childbirth, and, in collaboration with medical personnel, the consultation, management, and referral of cases in which abnormalities develop. |
midwifery
[mid′wīf(ə)rē]
Etymology: AS, midd + wif
the employment of a person who is qualified by special training and experience to assist a woman in childbirth. See also midwife.
midwifery [mid´wif-re, mid´wi-fer-e]
the practice of assisting at childbirth.
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