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obstetrico

obstē̆trīco (opst-), āre, v. n. and a. [obstetrix],
  • to perform the office of a midwife (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Nat. 2, 12: Hebraeas (sc. mulieres), to assist in childbirth, Vulg. Exod. 1, 16: obstetricandi scientia, id. ib. 1, 19.—
    • B Trop.: poëtis obstetricantibus, Tert. ad Nat. 2, 2.

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