HOW TO PRONOUNCE
obstetrician
/ˌɑbstəˈtɹɪʃən/
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What does obstetrician mean?
noun
- A physician who specializes in childbirth.
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IPA pronunciation
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When the obstetrician pays his final visit the mother usually has ready a number of questions, most of which anticipate difficulties in the care of the baby.
The great obstetrician, for the benefit of interns and medical students, performed each year a Caesarian operation upon this unfortunate creature to bring into the world her defective, and, in one case at least, her syphilitic, infant.
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No careful obstetrician will deny pregnancy solely on the regular occurrence of the menstrual periods, any more than he would make the diagnosis of pregnancy from the fact of the suppression of menses.