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The obstetricians who sued said there is an undercurrent of fear when working with someone with pregnancy complications.
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Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2024
Almost all obstetricians will go their entire careers without ever seeing a single case.
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Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
The case stemmed from 193 abortions that Cooley, an obstetrician and gynecologist, performed at the Center of Orlando for Women clinic during a two-week period immediately after the waiting-period law took effect.
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Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
As a teen-ager during the Cultural Revolution, she was relocated to the countryside for two and a half years of physical labor, then went to medical school and returned to her home town to become an obstetrician.
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Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1826, in the meaning defined above
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“Obstetrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obstetrician. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
obstetrician
noun
ob·ste·tri·cian
ˌäb-stə-ˈtrish-ən
: a physician specializing in obstetrics
Medical Definition
obstetrician
noun
ob·ste·tri·cian
ˌäb-stə-ˈtrish-ən
: a physician specializing in obstetrics
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