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obstetrician

[ ob-sti-trish-uhn ]

noun

  1. a physician who specializes in obstetrics. : OB, ob


obstetrician

/ ˌɒɪˈٰɪʃə /

noun

  1. a physician who specializes in obstetrics
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of obstetrician1

First recorded in 1820–30; from Latin Dzٱٰī() “midwifery” (noun use of feminine of Dzٱٰīܲ ) + -an; obstetric
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Hospitals like Renk Referral have lost half their staff, including surgeons, obstetricians, paediatricians, putting an enormous strain on the remaining medics.

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No list of exceptions can encompass every situation and risk a patient might face, obstetricians said.

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Harris recalls being an overachiever as a child and aspiring to become an obstetrician.

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Carter and Rosalynn had wanted to have more children, but an obstetrician said that surgery Rosalynn had to remove a tumor on her uterus would make that impossible.

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During her pregnancy she was monitored frequently by multiple health care teams including an obstetrician, midwife, kidney doctor, dialysis nurse and kidney dietician at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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