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midwife 音标拼音: [m'ɪdw,ɑɪf] n. 助产士,接生婆 助产士,接生婆 midwife n 1: a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies [synonym: {midwife}, {accoucheuse}] Midwife \Mid"wife`\, v. t. To assist in childbirth. [1913 Webster] Midwife \Mid"wife`\, v. i. To perform the office of midwife. [1913 Webster] Midwife \Mid"wife`\, n.; pl. {Midwives}. [OE. midwif, fr. AS. mid with (akin to Gr. ?) ? woman, wife. Properly, the woman or wife who is attendant upon a woman in childbirth. See {Meta-}, and {Wife}.] A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art. [1913 Webster] 44 Moby Thesaurus words for "midwife": Charlie McCarthy, agent, ancilla, appliance, bonesetter, chiropractor, contrivance, creature, device, dummy, dupe, go-between, handmaid, handmaiden, healer, homeopath, homeopathist, implement, instrument, interagent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, lever, mechanism, mediator, medic, medium, minion, oculist, optometrist, organ, osteopath, pawn, plaything, puppet, servant, slave, stooge, therapeutist, therapist, tool, toy, vehicle Midwife The two midwives mentioned in Ex. 1:15 were probably the superintendents of the whole class. MIDWIFE, med. jur. A woman who practices midwifery; a woman who pursues the business of an account. 2. A midwife is required to perform the business she undertakes with proper skill, and if she be guilty of any mala praxis, (q.v.) she is liable to an action or an indictment for the misdemeanor. Vide Vin. Ab. Physician; Com. Dig. Physician; 8 East, R. 348; 2 Wils. R. 359; 4 C. & P. 398; S. C. 19 E. C. L. R. 440; 4 C. & P. 407, n. a; 1 Chit. Pr. 43; 2 Russ. Cr. 288.
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