obstetrician

  • 1obstetrician — OBSTETRICIÁN, Ă, obstetricieni, e, s.m. şi f. Specialist în obstetrică. [pr.: ci an] – Din fr. obstétricien. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 05.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  OBSTETRICIÁN s. ginecolog, mamoş. Trimis de siveco, 05.08.2004. Sursa: Sinonime … …

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  • 2Obstetrician — Ob ste*tri cian, n. One skilled in obstetrics; an accoucheur; especially, a physician who specializes in obstetrics. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3obstetrician — (n.) 1828, from L. obstetricia midwifery, from obstetricus (see OBSTETRIC (Cf. obstetric)) …

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  • 4obstetrician — ► NOUN ▪ a physician or surgeon qualified to practise in obstetrics …

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  • 5obstetrician — [äb΄stə trish′ən] n. a medical doctor who specializes in obstetrics …

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  • 6obstetrician — UK [ˌɒbstəˈtrɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌɑbstəˈtrɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms obstetrician : singular obstetrician plural obstetricians medical a doctor whose job is to check the health of pregnant women and help with the birth of their children …

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  • 7obstetrician — noun Obstetrician is used after these nouns: ↑consultant …

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  • 8obstetrician — [[t]ɒ̱bstətrɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] obstetricians N COUNT An obstetrician is a doctor who is specially trained to deal with pregnant women and with women who are giving birth. [MEDICAL] …

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  • 9Obstetrician/gynecologist — An obstetrician is a physician who delivers babies and is in the practice of obstetrics while a gynecologist is a physician who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs. The word gynecology comes from the Greek gyno,… …

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  • 10obstetrician's hand — the contraction of the hand in tetany, flexed at the wrist with fingers at the metacarpophalangeal joints but extended at the interphalangeal joints, the thumb being strongly flexed into the palm; so called because of a dubious resemblance to the …

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