PERINATOLOGIST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An obstetrician specializing in perinatology

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Nouns denoting people

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

accoucheur; obstetrician (a physician specializing in obstetrics)

Derivation:

perinatology (the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium)

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