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Definition: Obstetrician |
ObstetricianNoun1. A physician specializing in obstetrics. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Occupations | Treats women during prenatal, natal, and postnatal periods: Examines patient to ascertain condition, utilizing physical findings, laboratory results, and patient's statements as diagnostic aids. Determines need for modified diet and physical activities, and recommends plan. Periodically examines patient, prescribing medication or surgery, if indicated. Delivers infant, and cares for mother for prescribed period of time following childbirth. Performs cesarean section or other surgical procedure as needed to preserve patient's health and deliver infant safely. May treat patients for diseases of generative organs [GYNECOLOGIST (medical ser.) 070.101-034]. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ObstetricianSynonym: accoucheur (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instrumentality | Minister, handmaid; midwife, accoucheur, accoucheuse, obstetrician; gobetween; cat's-paw; stepping-stone. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Obstetrician |
| English words defined with "obstetrician": perinatologist ♦ Simpson, Sir James Young Simpson. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Obstetrician" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (accoucheur, obstetrician). |
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Health | If preclampsia develops, your obstetrician may recommend an early delivery. (references) | |
The obstetrician can often determine if the fetus is macrosomic by doing a physical examination. (references) | ||
Contact your obstetrician if you feel fewer than three movements to determine if other tests are needed. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Obstetrician" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Obstetrician" is used about 47 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 47 | 49,740 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
obstetrician | 63 |
obstetrician gynecologist | 14 |
obstetrician salary | 5 |
becoming obstetrician | 4 |
become obstetrician | 3 |
obstetrician career | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "obstetrician"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mjek obstetër. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | طبيب مولد (accoucheur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | акушер (accoucheur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 产科医生. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | porodník. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | gynaekolog (gynaecologist, gynaecologist and obstetrician). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vroedvrouw (midwife), verloskundige (midwife), accoucheur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پزشک متخصص زایمان , متخصص زایمان , ماما (Midwife), قابله (Midwife). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | accoucheur (obstetricians). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | hoarnwiif (midwife), ferloskundige (midwife). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | geburtshelfer (obstetricians). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μαιευτήρασ, μαιευτήρ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מילדת (midwife), רופא מילד. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szülész (accoucheur, obstetrist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | dokter dalam ilmu bidan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ostetrico (obstetric, obstetrical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 産科医 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さんかい (adjournment, attendance, deployment, mountain mass, mountains and seas, three times). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 산과의사. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | reaylteyr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | vrumun (midwife), partera (midwife). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | obstetricianay obstetra (accoucheur), mesa obstétrica. (various references) obstetrician (accoucheur), mamoş (accoucheur). (various references) акушерка (accoucheuse, midwife), акушер (accoucheur). (various references) akušer (accoucheur). (various references) obstétrico (obstetric, obstetrical). (various references) obstetriker, förlossningsläkare, barnmorska (midwife), ackuschörska (accoucheuse, midwife), ackuschör (accoucheur). (various references) ebe (accoucheur, accoucheuse, it, midwife, wise woman), doğum uzmanı, doğum doktoru (accoucheur, accoucheuse). (various references) акушерка (accoucheuse, midwife), акушер (accoucheur). (various references) thầy thuốc khoa sản, bác sĩ khoa sản. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "obstetrician": obstetricians. (additional references) | |
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"Obstetrician" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: obstatrician, obsterician, obstetrican, obstetricia, obstitrician, obstretician. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "obstetrician" (pronounced Ä'bstutri"shun) |
| 7 | -u t r i" sh u n | attrition, geriatrician, patrician, pediatrician. |
| 6 | -t r i" sh u n | contrition, electrician, malnutrition, nutrition. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | abolition, academician, acquisition, addition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, audition, clinician, coalition, cognition, commission, competition, composition, condition, decommission, decomposition, definition, demolition, dentition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, edition, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, fission, fruition, ignition, imposition, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intuition, juxtaposition, logician, magician, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, musician, omission, opposition, optician, partition, permission, petition, physician, politician, position, precondition, predisposition, preignition, premonition, presupposition, prohibition, proposition, recognition, recondition, redefinition, reimposition, remission, rendition, repetition, reposition, requisition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, supposition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, 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provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, 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specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-i-i-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: creationist, recitations. | |
-2 letters: antierotic, atrocities, carnotites, iterations, recitation, tricotines, trisection. | |
-3 letters: anoretics, bacterins, baritones, betatrons, bisection, boracites, brainiest, brattices, carnotite, citations, cornetist, creations, eroticist, interacts, intricate, iteration, obstetric, obstinate, obtainers, reactions, reobtains, stationer, striation, taborines, taconites, tractions, tricotine. | |
-4 letters: abettors, abstrict, aconites, aerobics, ancestor, anoretic, antiriot, aoristic, artistic, bacterin, banister, baritone, barniest, baronets, baronies. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-i-i-n-o-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: obstetricians. | |
+2 letters: abortifacients, bacterizations. | |
+3 letters: semiabstraction. | |
+4 letters: antituberculosis, semiabstractions. | |
+5 letters: contractibilities, controllabilities, intercalibrations, subcategorization. | |
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