as in physician
a medical professional who specializes in obstetrics
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Recent Examples of obstetrician
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.
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
No list of exceptions can encompass every situation and risk a patient might face, obstetricians said.
—CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
That relieves pressure on community obstetricians who deliver babies at the hospital and often burn out from deliveries at all hours.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2025
Attended to by her ursine nanny Dulcibear and a goat obstetrician, Elphaba’s entry into the world is greeted with shock.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
No list of exceptions can encompass every situation and risk a patient might face, obstetricians said.
—CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
That relieves pressure on community obstetricians who deliver babies at the hospital and often burn out from deliveries at all hours.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2025
Attended to by her ursine nanny Dulcibear and a goat obstetrician, Elphaba’s entry into the world is greeted with shock.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obstetrician
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In perpetrator countries, most people were passive witnesses, but there was also considerable participation by elites including artists, university professors, Catholic and Protestant clergy, media moguls, business leaders, and even physicians.—
Robert Williams,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
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To provide the best maternity care, nurses and physicians have to listen to their patients.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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My doctors have warned me to pay attention to symptoms for any long-term effects.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Frequent bouts of rheumatic fever left the kid’s heart so weakened that one childhood doctor predicted a lifespan of 16 years.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2025
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In Hart’s case, that person was their midwife, Racha Tahani Lawler Queen.—
Stephanie Long,
Essence,
17 Apr. 2025
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Grenier says that when their baby boy arrived after a few hours of labor, only mom and dad were in the room — the midwife joined them later — as their older son, Seiko Aurelius, was asleep in the other room.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
11 Apr. 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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Photo: 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection Jeremy Irons gives his career-best performance as Elliot and Beverly, a pair of successful gynecologists who run a Toronto practice together.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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For the recent study, 150 Swiss women with an average age of 25 were recruited from gynecologists’ practices and the University Hospital Basel’s gynecology outpatient clinic between March 2018 and December 2020.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Mar. 2025
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This involves talking to your child's pediatrician about allergy management techniques.—
Health Editorial Team,
Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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Toxic algae bloom possibly related to Palisades Fire sickens marine life 02:54 Stephanie Wilcox said her toddler's pediatrician recommended testing their home.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 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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On this week’s episode: Molly Shannon, Marc Maron, anesthesiologist Dr. Emily Methangkool, Ronny Chieng, and music from John Cale and Maggie Rogers. dramatic of a change 10:44 a.m.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2025
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An anesthesiologist entered the room to prep the woman for surgery, then left.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Obstetrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obstetrician. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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