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1. To assist a woman in childbirth.
2. To extract from an enclosed place, as the foetus from the womb, an object or foreign body, e.g., a tumour from its capsule or surroundings, or the lens of the eye in cases of cataract.
Origin: fr. O. Fr. Fr. L. De-+ liber, free
(05 Mar 2000)
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