Dictionary

obstetrician en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌɒbstəˈtɹɪʃən/ (UK)
• /ˌɑbstəˈtɹɪʃən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From obstetrics + -ician.

Meanings

1. A physician who specializes in childbirth.
   • “Each time they’d build, they’d try to outbuild all the rest of them,” said Dr. Randall F. Hipple, a retired obstetrician who helped establish a seven-block stretch of the street as a National Historic District. 2007 July 20, Dave Caldwell, “Williamsport, Pa.: Home of True Small Ball”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
   • The preference for tightness during intercourse is so well known in Western culture that U.S. obstetricians even have a term for the extra stitch they often perform when doing episiotomy repairs following childbirth: the "husband's stitch." The husband's stitch is intended to produce a smaller vaginal opening, to counteract the natural stretching of the tissues from sexual activity and childbirth and even to make the opening more constricted than it might have been before. 2001, Ellen Gruenbaum, The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective:

Forms

Relateds

obstetrician-gynecologist

Synonyms

obstetrist · tocologist

Translations (80)

mi mātanga hapūtanga (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ug ئاكۇشېركا (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · bg акуше́рка (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · bg акуше́р (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · de Geburtshelfer (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · tk akuşerka (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · sk pôrodník (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ko 산과의 (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ro obstetriciană (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · fr obstétricien (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · sl porodničar (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · uz akusherka (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · pt obstetra (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · sh аку̀ше̄рка (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · be акушэ́р (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ga obstatraí (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · uz akusher (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · nb fødselshjelper (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ga cnáimhseoir (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ru гинеко́лог (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ug ئاكۇشېر (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · hu szülész (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · es tocóloga (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · de Geburtshelferin (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · el μαιευτήρας (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · te ప్రసూతివైద్యుడు (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · sw daktari wa uzazi (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · pl akuszer (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · sv obstetriker (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ka მეანი (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · yi אָבסטעטריקער (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ru акуше́рка (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · fr accoucheur (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · yi אָבסטעטריקערין (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · de Entbindungspflegerin (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · fr obstétricienne (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · nn fødselshjelpar (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ky акушер (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · sh akùšēr (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · sk pôrodníčka (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · tr doğum uzmanı (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · pl położnik (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · fr accoucheuse (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · nl obstetricus (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ro obstetrician (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · cs porodnice (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · it ostetrico (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · cmn 產科醫生 /产科医生 (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · th สูติแพทย์ (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · sh аку̀ше̄р (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ky акушерка (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · fr gynécologue (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · tg акушер (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · nl gynaecoloog (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · sl porodničarka (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · sv ackuschör (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · pl położna (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · fa-ira پِزِشْکِ زایِمان (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · fa-ira دُکْتُرِ زایِمان (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · tk akuşer (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · es obstetra (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · uk акуше́рка (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · fi synnytyslääkäri (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · tr doğumcu (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · cs porodník (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · pl akuszerka (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ru акуше́р (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · da fødselshjælper (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · mk акуше́р (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · kk акушер (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · hy մանկաբարձ (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · nl obstetrisch gynaecoloog (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · ja 産科医 (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · be акушэ́рка (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · sh akùšērka (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · uk акуше́р (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · nl verloskundearts (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · mk акуше́рка (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · es tocólogo (a physician who specializes in childbirth) · de Entbindungspfleger (a physician who specializes in childbirth)