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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A branch of obstetrics focusing on the medical and surgical management of high-risk pregnancies. uncountable
2. 2
   the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around or about”) + Latin natus + -ology.

Related phrases

high risk

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