Tocology


noun
1.
obstetrics.
noun
1.
the branch of medicine concerned with childbirth; obstetrics

tocology to·col·o·gy or to·kol·o·gy (tō-kŏl’ə-jē)
n.
The science of childbirth; midwifery or obstetrics.

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