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Tocology

The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition.

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Medicine 76% connected

The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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Accoucheur 74% connected

A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.

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Accoucheur 74% connected

A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.

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Obstetric 74% connected

Alt. of Obstetrical

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Obstetric 74% connected

Alt. of Obstetrical

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Obstetrical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art.

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Obstetrical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art.

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Midwifery 92% connected

The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics.

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Obstetrics 92% connected

The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth.

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Aerology noun · 78% connection

That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.

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Amphibiology noun · 78% connection

A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.

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Arachnology noun · 78% connection

The department of zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.

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Bureau noun · 78% connection

Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the directio…

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Carcinology noun · 78% connection

The department of zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology.

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Christology noun · 78% connection

A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.

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Dean noun · 78% connection

A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.

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Department verb · 78% connection

Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury departm…

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Department of State noun · 78% connection

the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

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Divinity adjective · 78% connection

The science of divine things; the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology.

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DOS noun · 78% connection

the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

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Dynamics noun · 78% connection

That department of musical science which relates to, or treats of, the power of tones.

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Geometry noun · 78% connection

That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the s…

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Hierology noun · 78% connection

A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a trea…

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Hygiene noun · 78% connection

That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of princi…

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Laryngology noun · 78% connection

Systematized knowledge of the action and functions of the larynx; in pathology, the department which treats of the diseases of the lar…

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Mathematics noun · 78% connection

That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods…

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Melodics noun · 78% connection

The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.

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