tocology

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tocology
    n 1: the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of
         the mother [syn: {obstetrics}, {OB}, {tocology},
         {midwifery}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tocology \To*col"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? a birth + -logy.]
   The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of
   medicine which treats of parturition. [Written also
   {tokology}.]
   [1913 Webster]