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monitrice

[mon′itris]

Etymology: Fr, female instructor

a labor coach, usually a registered nurse, who is specially trained in the Lamaze method of childbirth. The coach provides emotional support and leads the mother through labor and delivery, using the specific techniques for breathing, concentration, and massage taught by the Lamaze method in classes for the psychophysical preparation for childbirth.

monitrice [mon´ĭ-trēs]

a trained individual who supports women in labor using the psychoprophylaxis method of prepared childbirth.

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