accoucheur
noun
a person who assists during childbirth, especially an obstetrician.
accoucheurs
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pluralof accoucheur.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It gave her a large following in Germany as well as in France, and there were not wanting distinguished German accoucheurs who followed Mme.
From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by John Augustine Zahm
Analogous to this is what the accoucheurs call spondylolisthesis.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Some accoucheurs have had a practice of introducing their hand into the uterus immediately after the birth of the child, to take away the placenta; which they said was to save time.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
As an accident of pregnancy, it is far fram uncommon, although its relative frequency'' as compared with that of completed gestation, has been very differently estimated by accoucheurs.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
That factory operatives undergo more difficult confinement than other women is testified to by several midwives and accoucheurs, and also that they are more liable to miscarriage.
From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Florence Kelley
