as in physician
a medical professional who specializes in obstetrics
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Recent Examples of obstetrician
Lucca’s obstetrician might not have known to send her to genetics; her geneticist might not have been familiar with the IDENTIFY study.
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Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2025
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.
—Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Read Next Health & Fitness Idaho has lost 22% of its practicing obstetricians in the last 15 months, report says
February 20, 2024 12:18 PM
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State Politics
Need treatment your doctor doesn’t support?
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2025
The Highland Park obstetrician doesn’t know if there can be any justice after such a heinous act, which left seven dead, four dozen injured and an entire community terrorized and upended.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
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Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2025
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.
—Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Read Next Health & Fitness Idaho has lost 22% of its practicing obstetricians in the last 15 months, report says
February 20, 2024 12:18 PM
Read Next
State Politics
Need treatment your doctor doesn’t support?
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2025
The Highland Park obstetrician doesn’t know if there can be any justice after such a heinous act, which left seven dead, four dozen injured and an entire community terrorized and upended.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obstetrician
Noun
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By then, Bustamante had found a new passion, going back to school to become a physician’s assistant.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2025
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As things stand right now, people with cognitive issues will usually see their primary care physician, get a referral, then have to wait for months to see a specialist, Kolachalama says.—
Korin Miller,
Flow Space,
28 May 2025
Noun
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That is a decision between a parent and their doctor.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
1 June 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions Can doctors tell the difference between alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver?—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
31 May 2025
Noun
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As a baby, the spelling of Victor’s last name on his birth certificate was altered from Sing to Syng, which Victor believes was an oversight by a midwife who delivered him.—
Erika Hayasaki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
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Ali was inspired to launch the brand after receiving transformative care from a Black midwife after experiencing a challenging birth.—
Martie Bowser,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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The body takes a minimum of 13 weeks to recover, the nurse-midwife Helena A. Grant tells Somerstein.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2024
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Initially, three teenage boys worked as volunteer transport helpers, caring for FNS’s horses and running errands for the nurse-midwives.—
Eliza McGraw,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2024
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David Cronenberg’s coolly perverse Dead Ringers dissects the entangled psyche of identical twin gynecologists, Beverly and Elliot Mantle (an iconic dual performance by Jeremy Irons).—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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One of a handful of practicing physicians in the state legislature, Weber Pierson is leaning heavily on her experience as a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist who treats children with reproductive birth defects — one of only two in Southern California.—
Kaiser Health News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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In Friday's strike, only one of pediatrician Alaa al-Najjar's 10 children survived at their home near the southern city of Khan Younis.—
WAFAA SHURAFA,
Arkansas Online,
26 May 2025
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Only one of pediatrician Alaa al-Najjar’s 10 children survived the Israeli strike on their home Friday near the southern city of Khan Yunis.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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Karen Brown/New England Public Media Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts for about 10 years.—
Karen Brown,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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His childhood was spent roaming the halls of the large brick hospital where his mother worked as an internist.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
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He was transported to Presbyterian-University Hospital but received no emergency medical care en route—a situation that was all too familiar to Peter Safar, the anesthesiologist in charge that day.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 May 2025
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But within 36 hours of Anderson sharing it on Reddit, more than 450 anesthesiologists, CRNAs and anesthesiologist assistants had contributed.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Obstetrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obstetrician. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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