obstetrician
/ˌɑbstəˈtɹɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A physician who specializes in childbirth.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "“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."
Etymology
From obstetrics + -ician.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɑbstəˈtɹɪʃən/
- British English: /ˌɒbstəˈtɹɪʃən/