With a shortage of midwives added to that of obstetricians it has become clear all over again that our country's obstetric care is in an extremely grave situation.
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Midwives
Synonyms for "midwives" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
assist in childbirthbirth attendant
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
certified nurse midwifedeliver babiesfacilitate birth
Related words (5)
Noun(5 words)
facilitate developmentguide emergencenurse midwifenurture projectobstetric nurse
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7 entriescommunity midwifelay midwifemidwife a home birthmidwife a hospital birthmidwife a policymidwife a projecttraditional birth attendant
Collocations
10 entriesbirth center midwivescertified nurse midwivescommunity midwivesmidwife a babymidwife a birthmidwife a deliverymidwife a home birthmidwives in hospitalnurse midwivesregistered midwives
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
1 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Many midwives are needed in order to give birth to the future.
Source: tatoeba (3098792)
And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua, commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.
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But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.
Source: tatoeba (7962153)
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