MIDWIFERY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • assisting women at childbirth
   Hypernyms(s) midwifery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • delivery (what does delivery mean?)
   • obstetrical delivery (what does obstetrical delivery mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother
   Synonym(s)
   • OB (what does OB mean?)
   • obstetrics (what does obstetrics mean?)
   • tocology (what does tocology mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) midwifery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • medicine (what does medicine mean?)
   • medical specialty (what does medical specialty mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • fetology (what does fetology mean?)
   • foetology (what does foetology mean?)
   • perinatology (what does perinatology mean?)