obstetrician
[ob-sti-trish-uh n]
- a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob
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Origin of obstetrician
1820–30; < Latin obstetrīci(a) midwifery (noun use of feminine of obstetrīcius; see obstetrical) + -an
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Contemporary Examples
The obstetrician, a woman, was told that Amal was deaf and mute.
Not only did Allen perform abortions, he was also the obstetrician who delivered Karen Santorum.
Paul, an obstetrician, is a mainstream social conservative on issues such as abortion.
In fact, the last birth I attended was for an obstetrician who chose not to give birth where she worked.
Heading the tribe meant finding a wife, so he married a cousin Zeenat, an obstetrician at Quetta hospital.
Historical Examples
It appeared that no other difficulty really confronted the obstetrician.
The "Genius"Theodore Dreiser
There was a step in the hall and the senior physician or obstetrician had entered.
The "Genius"Theodore Dreiser
He is now, and has been for several years past, the obstetrician to the hospital.
I saw Sir Barnaby Burtle, the obstetrician, standing by his scarlet front door, eagerly devouring the news.
The Blue GermMartin Swayne
The rachitic pelvis is well known to the obstetrician for the difficulties it gives rise to during parturition.
obstetrician
- a physician who specializes in obstetrics
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Word Origin and History for obstetrician
n.
1828, from Latin obstetricia "midwifery," from obstetricus (see obstetric) on model of physician.
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obstetrician
(ŏb′stĭ-trĭsh′ən)- A physician who specializes in obstetrics.
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