The present technical glossary dedicated to the speciality of obstetrics and gynaecology is a welcome addition as an aid to help the medical student, doctor and midwife in communicating better with Maltese patients. It should also serve as an excellent tool for translators and interpreters working on medical texts. The Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the University of Malta Medical School and the recently founded Humanities and Medical Science Programme (HUMS) of the same University have fully supported the compilers initiative who made particular efforts to give a...