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obstetrics

field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period
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Summary

obstetrics is a medical specialty[1]. obstetrics draws 3,956 Wikipedia views per month (medical specialty category, ranking #19 of 177).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: health sciences[3], obstetrics and gynaecology[4]
  • Part of: obstetrics and gynaecology[5]
  • Commons category: Obstetrics[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Obstetrics[7]
  • Facet of: women's health[8]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
  • Different from: midwifery[10], gynaecology[11]
  • Exact match: https://schema.org/Obstetric[12]
  • Practiced by: obstetrician[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[14]
  • Wikimedia outline: outline of obstetrics[15]

Why It Matters

obstetrics has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] obstetrics is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

gynaecology health sciences women's health

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → forlossningsvard
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  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Ömer İzgi
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  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001091-porodnictvi
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  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → midwifery, gynaecology
    Part of → —
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 4852, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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