Ob-stet'rie or Ob-stet'rie-al, a.

a. [Fr. obstétrique, Sp. obstetricio, obstetriz, It. ostetrico, ostetricio, Lat. obstetricius, from obstetrix, obstetricis, a midwife; from obstare, to stand before. See supra.] Pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art.