as in physician
a medical professional who specializes in obstetrics
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Recent Examples of obstetrician
The obstetricians who sued said there is an undercurrent of fear when working with someone with pregnancy complications.
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Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2024
Almost all obstetricians will go their entire careers without ever seeing a single case.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
The case stemmed from 193 abortions that Cooley, an obstetrician and gynecologist, performed at the Center of Orlando for Women clinic during a two-week period immediately after the waiting-period law took effect.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
As a teen-ager during the Cultural Revolution, she was relocated to the countryside for two and a half years of physical labor, then went to medical school and returned to her home town to become an obstetrician.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2024
Almost all obstetricians will go their entire careers without ever seeing a single case.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
The case stemmed from 193 abortions that Cooley, an obstetrician and gynecologist, performed at the Center of Orlando for Women clinic during a two-week period immediately after the waiting-period law took effect.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
As a teen-ager during the Cultural Revolution, she was relocated to the countryside for two and a half years of physical labor, then went to medical school and returned to her home town to become an obstetrician.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obstetrician
Noun
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One analysis from the AMA found that the number of physicians working in private practice dropped by 13 percentage points — from 60 percent to 46.7 percent — between 2012 and 2022.—
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech,
The Hill,
7 Mar. 2025
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This is true even in households where both spouses work as physicians.—
Christopher M. Worsham,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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For many Americans, planning a doctor’s appointment comes with logistical headaches: taking a day off from work; scheduling months in advance; dealing with insurance coverage and related costs.—
Barbara Rodriguez and Kate Sosin,
Them,
10 Mar. 2025
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Her doctor, not you, should discuss making those changes with her and the reasons for it.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2025
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Kane’s program, housed under CMS, was created to support mothers on Medicaid — increasing access to birth centers, doulas and midwives, cutting down on risky procedures like C-sections and tracking outcomes like low infant birth weight.—
Annie Waldman,
ProPublica,
22 Feb. 2025
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The play was crafted from research materials, first-hand accounts, medical textbooks, ethnological research and primary sources documenting grand midwives and the history of midwifery.—
Kari Barnett,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Jan. 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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Care that can currently be delivered by a nurse-midwife via a brief video call or online questionnaire would revert to a time-consuming and costly series of clinic visits with a physician.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2024
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But recent surveys have found many women are postponing visits to their gynecologists.—
Roni Caryn Rabin,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Laparoscopies are usually performed by a general surgeon, gynecologist, or gastroenterological surgeon (a surgeon who specializes in the digestive system).—
Heidi Cope,
Health,
18 Feb. 2025
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Walid Al-Zaim's mother shows a photo of his frostbitten foot to pediatricians on Tuesday at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Someone is infectious from before symptoms show, until four days after the rash appears, said Dr. Ari Brown, a pediatrician in Austin.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Medical teams including orthopedists, internists and sports psychologists must continually review the best available literature, treatment, and strength and conditioning strategies in order to reduce player injury and optimize their health.—
Lipi Roy, MD,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Doctors want a different message Dr. Manan Trivedi, an internist practicing in greater Washington D.C. area, was among the throngs of people who attended Kennedy’s contentious confirmation hearings to oppose his nomination.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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But such risks are negligible when the procedure is performed properly under the care of a qualified professional (typically an anesthesiologist, but orthopedic surgeons, neurologists, radiologists, and other specialists may perform epidurals as well).—
Stephen C. George,
Discover Magazine,
20 Feb. 2025
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Baumeister claimed the bones came from a skeleton that his late father, an anesthesiologist, obtained in medical school, PEOPLE reported in 1996.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Obstetrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obstetrician. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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