See Also: dilogy(medicine)
dilogy(dictionary)

obstetric (iou) and dilogy (medicine)


obstetric (iou)



obstetric adjective. M18.
[mod. Latin obstetricus from Latin obstetricius, from obstetrix midwife, lit. 'woman who is present', i.e. to receive the child, from obstare: see OBSTACLE noun, -IC.]
Orig., of or pertaining to a midwife or accoucheur. Now, of or pertaining to Childbirth and the practice of obstetrics.

dilogy (medicine)


dilogy


Origin: L. Dilogia, Gr, fr. Doubtful; = twice + to speak.

An ambiguous speech; a figure in which a word is used an equivocal sense.

Source: Websters Dictionary