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OBSTETRICIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A physician specializing in obstetrics

Synonyms:

accoucheur; obstetrician

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("obstetrician" is a kind of...):

medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "obstetrician"):

perinatologist (an obstetrician specializing in perinatology)

Derivation:

obstetrics (the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother)

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