• (a.) Serving to assist childbirth; obstetric; hence, facilitating any bringing forth or deliverance.
Ob`ste·tri'cious adjective [ See Obstetric .] Serving to assist childbirth; obstetric; hence, facilitating any bringing forth or deliverance. [ Obsolete] « Yet is all human teaching but maieutical, or obstetricious .» Cudworth.