English Dictionary

on the district

前置詞句

イギリス英語 歴史的

(UK, medicine, historical) Of a midwife: associated with a particular hospital, and travelling to attend patients in the nearby area.

日本語の意味

（英国、医療、歴史的用法において）特定の病院に関連し、その付近の地域で患者の診察に出向く助産師を指す。

The experienced midwife, who had been on the district for decades, was summoned to deliver the baby at midnight.

長年その病院に所属して近隣の患者を往診していた経験豊富な助産師が、真夜中に分娩のために呼ばれた。

意味（1）

(UK, medicine, historical) Of a midwife: associated with a particular hospital, and travelling to attend patients in the nearby area.

Midwives working on the district rarely saw women die because, on the whole, they would transfer to hospital any women with severe problems.