OBSTETRICIAN Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

obstetrician

noun

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as in physician

a medical professional who specializes in obstetrics

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Recent Examples of obstetrician In the novel, Quirke follows a trail starting with the dead young woman of the title, and some shady behavior by his own brother, Malachy, a local obstetrician, who Quirke catches changing the cause of death. —

John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026 Two babies might be delivered by the same obstetrician, for example, but the mothers could be charged very different amounts. —

Darius Tahir, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026 Hill, a pediatrician practicing at the time in North Carolina, had been brought in by the obstetrician to make sense of what went wrong and whether it could have been prevented. —

Daniel Payne, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026 Art enthusiasts Hans Ottinot, a prominent Broward attorney, and Nelson Adams, a Miami obstetrician associated with Jackson Memorial, are central to the museum’s dream team. —

Dorothy Jenkins Fields, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for obstetrician

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Another physician, Patrick LaRochelle, 46, is thought to have been exposed through a second patient and is being flown from Congo to Bulovka Hospital, in the Czech capital, Prague, according to Serge.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 20 May 2026
Entire dimensions of physician quality — judgment, communication, professionalism, leadership, resilience, bedside manner, decision-making under pressure — are dismissed as irrelevant ‘woke’ distractions.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026