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midwife

[ mid-wahyf ]

noun

plural midwives
  1. a person trained to assist women in childbirth.
  2. a person or thing that produces or aids in producing something new or different.


verb (used with object)

midwifed or midwived, midwifing or midwiving.
  1. to assist in the birth of (a baby).
  2. to produce or aid in producing (something new):

    to midwife a new generation of computers.

midwife

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noun

  1. a person qualified to deliver babies and to care for women before, during, and after childbirth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of midwife1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English midwif, from mid “with, accompanying†( Old English; meta- ) + wif “woman†( Old English ·ÉÄ«´Ú; wife )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of midwife1

C14: from Old English mid with + wif woman
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Babies were often separated, placed in large nursery rooms and cared for by midwives.

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Senior coroner for Lancashire James Adeley concluded that Ida had died due to the gross failure of three midwives to provide basic medical care.

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The state's attorney general is accusing a midwife of illegally providing abortions.

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Particularly egregious, says Ms Robinson, was a suggestion from a midwife – shortly after the birth - that Ida's poor condition was linked to her smoking, something Sarah had never done in her life.

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The review said midwives failed to identify an abnormally slow foetal heart rate after Ida's mother, Sarah Robinson, attended in early labour.

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