obstetricianob‧ste‧tri‧cian /ˌɒbstəˈtrɪʃən $ ˌɑːb-/ noun [countable] 
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Thesaurus- Also patron of the falsely accused, midwives, obstetricians, and pregnant women.
- And there are rather a lot of photographs of one particular consultant obstetrician gynaecologist, Yehudi Gordon.
- Flores was able to take paid family-care time to go to the obstetrician with her.
- For Barker Brown and many other gynaecologists and obstetricians of the period, clitoridectomy was the solution.
- I was disappointed especially once the obstetrician began talking Caesareans and epidurals.
- The form contemplated that it would also be countersigned by an obstetrician, but it was not so signed.
- There were a few tears even the obstetrician seemed a bit overcome and kept shaking my hand.
- They were approached by a senior obstetrician at the John Radcliffe Maternity hospital.
THESAURUS► doctor
a doctor who has special training in obstetrics someone who treats people who are ill, who has completed a long course of study at medical school: · If you have bad chest pains, you should see a doctor.
► GP British English a doctor who is trained in general medicine and who treats the people who live in a local area: · My GP told me that I must lose weight.
► physician formal especially American English a doctor: · the American physician, Dr James Tyler Kent
► quack informal someone who pretends to be a doctor: · My father felt that people practicing alternative medicine were just a bunch of quacks.
► the medical profession doctors and nurses considered as a group: · This view is widely accepted among the medical profession.
► surgeon a doctor who does operations in a hospital: · One of the world’s top heart surgeons performed the operation.
► specialist a doctor with special knowledge about a particular illness, part of the body, or type of treatment: · The new drug is being tested by cancer specialists.· an eye specialist
► consultant British English a very senior doctor in a hospital, with a lot of knowledge about a particular area of medicine: · The consultant said that he did not think it was cancer.
► paramedic someone who has been trained to treat sick or injured people, especially at the scene of an accident: · Paramedics treated him for shock.
► vet (also veterinarian especially American English) a doctor who treats animals: · We took the cat to the vet.
► paediatrician British English, pediatrician American English a doctor who treats children who are sick
► gynaecologist British English, gynecologist American English a doctor who treats medical conditions and illnesses that affect women’s bodies
► obstetrician a doctor who deals with the birth of children
► radiographer someone whose job is to take X-rays or to treat people using an X-ray machine
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