Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obstetric

/əbˈstɛtɹɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: ob-stet-ric
IPA: /əbˈstɛtɹɪk/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).

Example Sentences

"obstetric clinic"
"For Wenham, the most striking statistic from Sierra Leone, one of the countries worst affected by Ebola, was that from 2013 to 2016, during the outbreak, more women died of obstetric complications than the infectious disease itself."

Etymology

From Medical Latin obstetricus (“belonging to a midwife”), from Latin obstētrīx (“midwife”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: obstetricus, obstētrīx

Inflected Forms

obstetrick (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

nonobstetric obstetrically obstetricate obstetrication obstetrician obstetrics obstetrix

Phrases

OB-GYN obstetric toad

Synonyms

obstetrical

Rhymes With

metric geometric symmetric asymmetric parametric barometric econometric gravimetric optometric hetrick petrich petrick

Questions

How do you pronounce obstetric?: The recorded pronunciation is /əbˈstɛtɹɪk/.
What does obstetric mean?: Of or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).
Where does obstetric come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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