perinatology
pe·ri·na·tology
noun
1.
the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium
Origin
From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around or about”) + Latin natus + -ology.
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