obstetrication

English

Etymology

From obstetric +‎ -ation.

Noun

obstetrication (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) obstetrics or midwifery
   • 1658, Joseph Hall, The Devout Soul, Or, Rules of Heavenly Devotion Also the Free Prisoner, Or, the Comfort of Restraint:

     There he must lie, in an uncouth posture, for his appointed month; till ,the native bonds being loosed and the doors forced open, he shall be, by a helpful obstetrication, drawn forth into the larger prison of the World

Related terms

• obstetric

References

• “obstetrication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.