midwifery midwife • midwinter · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · midwifery · · Text Latin · · Script 9 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother. Synonyms: obstetrics, OB, tocology. · · Noun Definition 1 (noun) assisting women at childbirth. · · Noun Definition 2 Synonyms · · · obstetrics · · Synonym 1 ob · · Synonym 2 tocology · · Synonym 3 Characters · · d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D r latin small letter r U+0072 w latin small letter w U+0077 y latin small letter y U+0079