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
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  1. midwife
  2. doctor
  3. obstetrician
  4. physician
  5. gynecologist
Noun
  • My midwife didn’t come to the house until maybe an hour before Ruby was born.
    — Trinity Mouzon Wofford, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The daughter of dairy farmers and mother of three was a nurse, midwife and academic before entering politics, and advocated for rural health matters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of midwife
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  • And one health care consultancy that finds doctors and mental health care for wealthy families charges retainers starting at $30,000 for 50 hours.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • By temporarily clogging excess blood vessels, doctors can reduce inflammation and quiet pain-sensing nerves without major surgery or permanent implants.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • As an adult, the former obstetrician and gynecologist routinely walked to patients’ homes to check on them.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
  • This would fund training, equipment, and teleconsultation so rural facilities without obstetricians can handle delivery emergencies.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of obstetrician
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  • One particularly promising example is an MRI technique that identifies the central vein sign, a feature that can help physicians distinguish lesions associated with MS from abnormalities caused by other conditions.
    — Bruce Bebo, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The rate of emigration by physicians has nearly doubled since the twenty-tens.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of physician
Noun
  • As an adult, the former obstetrician and gynecologist routinely walked to patients’ homes to check on them.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
  • But the difference between a light edit and a total rewrite is vast and expensive—one gynecologist treating the wives of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs reportedly charges up to $30,000 for an appointment—not to mention unnecessary.
    — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 21 Sep. 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 26 Oct. 2026.

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