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nurse-midwife
[ nurs-mid-wahyf ]
/ ˈnɜrsˈmɪdˌwaɪf /
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noun, plural nurse-mid·wives.
a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.
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How to use nurse-midwife in a sentence
There she studied nursing and midwifery, and came back home in 1961 as the first qualified Somali nurse-midwife.