obstetrician
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ob·ste·tri·cian /ˌɒbstəˈtrɪʃən $ ˌɑːb-/ noun [countable] MNMa doctor who has special training in obstetrics 产科医生
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obstetrician• The form contemplated that it would also be countersigned by an obstetrician, but it was not so signed.• For Barker Brown and many other gynaecologists and obstetricians of the period, clitoridectomy was the solution.• And there are rather a lot of photographs of one particular consultant obstetrician gynaecologist, Yehudi Gordon.• Also patron of the falsely accused, midwives, obstetricians, and pregnant women.• They were approached by a senior obstetrician at the John Radcliffe Maternity hospital.• There were a few tears even the obstetrician seemed a bit overcome and kept shaking my hand.• I was disappointed especially once the obstetrician began talking Caesareans and epidurals.• Flores was able to take paid family-care time to go to the obstetrician with her.ob·ste·tri·cian nounChineseSyllable
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obstetrician
ob‧ste‧tri‧cian /ˌɒbstəˈtrɪʃən, ˌɒbstɪˈtrɪʃən $ ˌɑːb-/
noun [countable]
a doctor who has special training in obstetrics
▪ doctor someone who treats people who are ill, who has completed a long course of study at medical school: If you have bad chest pains, you should see a doctor.
▪GP British English a doctor who is trained in general medicine and who treats the people who live in a local area: My GP told me that I must lose weight.
▪physician /fəˈzɪʃən, fɪˈzɪʃən/ formal especially American English a doctor: the American physician, Dr James Tyler Kent
▪quack informal someone who pretends to be a doctor: My father felt that people practicing alternative medicine were just a bunch of quacks.
▪the medical profession doctors and nurses considered as a group: This view is widely accepted among the medical profession.
▪surgeon /ˈsɜːdʒən $ ˈsɜːr-/ a doctor who does operations in a hospital: One of the world’s top heart surgeons performed the operation.
▪specialist a doctor with special knowledge about a particular illness, part of the body, or type of treatment: The new drug is being tested by cancer specialists. | an eye specialist
▪consultant British English a very senior doctor in a hospital, with a lot of knowledge about a particular area of medicine: The consultant said that he did not think it was cancer.
▪paramedic someone who has been trained to treat sick or injured people, especially at the scene of an accident: Paramedics treated him for shock.
▪vet (also veterinarian especially American English) a doctor who treats animals: We took the cat to the vet.
▪paediatrician British English, pediatrician American English a doctor who treats children who are sick
▪gynaecologist British English, gynecologist American English a doctor who treats medical conditions and illnesses that affect women’s bodies
▪obstetrician a doctor who deals with the birth of children
▪radiographer someone whose job is to take X-rays or to treat people using an X-ray machine
ob‧ste‧tri‧cian /ˌɒbstəˈtrɪʃən, ˌɒbstɪˈtrɪʃən $ ˌɑːb-/
noun [countable]a doctor who has special training in obstetrics
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