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lay midwife
lay midwife Community midwife, independent midwife Obstetrics A midwife who may have had little formal training or recognized professional education in midwifery, who learned by accompanying doctors or midwives attending home births; LMs became active in the counterculture movement of the 1970s and are the main attendants at home births. See Midwife. AcronymsSeeLM |