obstetrician
noun
a physician who specializes in obstetrics. OB, ob
obstetricians
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pluralof obstetrician.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Southern Trust has not been able to recruit consultant obstetricians to fill vacancies and it is preparing to temporarily move inpatient maternity services to Craigavon Area Hospital.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
But that stuff doesn’t make her a fertility doctor, or even a scientist who has contributed meaningfully to the evidence base that obstetricians like me use in our work.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
Meanwhile professional societies representing obstetricians continue to say pregnant women should use acetaminophen to treat pain and fever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
No list of exceptions can encompass every situation and risk a patient might face, obstetricians said.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025
Does this mean that fat obstetricians deliver babies that have one set of personality characteristics, and skinny ones deliver babies that have quite different characteristics?
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
