单词	midwife
释义	midwifemid‧wife /ˈmɪdwaɪf/ ●○○ noun (plural midwives /-waɪvz/) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINmidwife Origin: 1200-1300 mid ‘with’ (11-14 centuries) (from Old English) + wife ‘woman’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Also patron of childbirth, the falsely accused, midwives, and pregnant women. As the midwife examined her, Nina pondered over her words. Assistant midwives and matrons were designated to deliver family planning services. Extra midwives had been taken on for the same reason. How could they have come into existence in the first place without malicious midwives? I was the only midwife that evening, waiting for a relief to arrive. The midwife and the doctor had a little air of festivity and triumph. The application was based on a sworn statement from a lay midwife who said she attended his birth in La Paloma. word sets WORD SETS► Birth afterbirth, nounantenatal, adjectiveartificial insemination, nounbaby blues, nounbarren, adjectivebarrier method, nounbear, verbbirth control, nounbreast-feed, verbbreech birth, nouncaesarean, nouncap, nounchildbearing, nounchildbirth, nounconceive, verbconfinement, nouncontraception, nouncontraction, nounC-section, noundeliver, verbdelivery, noundiaphragm, nounDutch cap, nounembryo, nounembryology, nouneugenics, nounfamily planning, nounfertility, nounfertility drug, nounfertilize, verbfetal, adjectivefetus, nounfoetal position, nounfoetus, nounfull-term, adjectivegestation, noungonad, nounincubator, nouninduce, verbinduction, nouninfant mortality rate, nouninfertile, adjectiveIUD, nounIVF, nounmaternal, adjectivematernity, nounmidwife, nounmidwifery, nounmilk, nounmiscarriage, nounmiscarry, verbmorning-after pill, nounmorning sickness, nounmother-to-be, nounmum-to-be, nounnatal, adjectivenatural, adjectivenatural childbirth, nounneuter, verbnurse, verbobstetrics, nounoral contraceptive, nounoviduct, nounovulate, verbovum, nounperinatal, adjectivepostnatal, adjectivepreemie, nounpregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectivepresentation, nounprocreate, verbproduce, verbquickening, nounreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverhythm method, nounspay, verbsterile, adjectivesterilize, verbstillbirth, nounstillborn, adjectivestretch mark, nounsurrogate mother, nounswaddle, verbswaddling clothes, nountermination, nountest-tube baby, nountrimester, nounultrasound, nounumbilical cord, noununborn, adjectivewean, verbzygote, noun a specially trained nurse whose job is to help women when they are having a baby
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