nurse-midwife

noun

Definition of nurse-midwifenext
as in midwife

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Recent Examples of nurse-midwife More than a third of counties in the United States do not have an ob/gyn, a family physician or a certified nurse-midwife. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025 Certified nurse-midwives would be exempt from that requirement, but would be required to submit a plan for births outside a hospital. — Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025 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 Care that can currently be delivered by a nurse-midwife via a brief video call or online questionnaire would revert to a time-consuming and costly series of clinic visits with a physician. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nurse-midwife
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nurse-midwife
  1. midwife
  2. doctor
  3. obstetrician
  4. physician
  5. gynecologist
Noun
  • Farzana, 40, is a midwife who covers 10 villages in Moqor district of Afghanistan's Ghazni province.
    — Fatima Faizi, NPR, 10 July 2026
  • In the women’s center, a tent is set up with an examination table, a midwife, and a doctor.
    — Janine di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
Definition of midwife
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  • When reached by phone by CNN, one of the lead doctors for the trial, Yu Yongguo, declined to comment and hung up.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • That process happens anywhere in the world — including in the human gut, where microbes eat indigestible foods, and create a byproduct medical doctors might describe as flatulence.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of doctor
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  • The American Medical Association (AMA), at the recommendation of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, will eliminate the global payment codes for deliveries used by obstetricians and midwives at the end of this year.
    — Jeff Levin-Scherz, STAT, 23 July 2026
  • Waiting for the six-week postpartum checkup with an obstetrician is too late.
    — Uruj Kamal Haider, Time, 21 July 2026
Definition of obstetrician
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  • Dermatologists, cosmetic chemists and aesthetic physicians say the distinction matters, especially for anyone weighing what to spend money on.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026
  • Because immune activity often appears there before becoming visible in blood tests, the technology could help physicians monitor autoimmune diseases, infections, vaccine responses, and even cancer treatment more quickly and comfortably.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
Definition of physician
Noun
  • Using cells from the same person who would ultimately be receiving the transplant was the only way to restore fertility down the line, says Herman Tournaye, the study’s co-author and an obstetrician-gynecologist at Vrije University of Brussels.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • Not sleeping well can exacerbate cognitive effects and potentially reduce multitasking ability, pointed out Alyssa Dweck, MD, FACOG, a gynecologist and chief medical officer of Bonafide Health.
    — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 24 June 2026
Definition of gynecologist

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“Nurse-midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurse-midwife. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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