different between obstetrician vs gynaecologist

English

Etymology

obstetrics +? -ician

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??bst??t????n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bst??t????n/

Noun

obstetrician (plural obstetricians)

1. (medicine) A physician who specializes in childbirth.

   Synonym: tocologist

Related terms

• obstetrician-gynecologist

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French obstétricien

Noun

obstetrician m (plural obstetricieni)

1. obstetrician

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• gynecologist (US), (Canada (common))

Noun

gynaecologist (plural gynaecologists)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
   • 1950, Moya Woodside, Sterilization in North Carolina: A Sociological and Psychological Study, University of North Carolina Press, page 56,

     In the last analysis, the fate of each individual woman rests in the hands of the gynaecologist.

   • 1972, The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Volume 12, page 194,

     During the past 5 years considerable interest has been shown by gynaecologists in the technique of laparoscopy (Steptoe, 1967; Cohen, 1970).

   • 1995 October 31, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 2287,

     Mr Shikuku: […] Was there any gynaecologist among those doctors?

     Mr. Angatia: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there was a gynaecologist and also a midwife.

   • 2009, India Today, Volume 34, Issues 36-43, page 592,

     With one of the highest birth rates across the world (22.69 births per thousand), one can be sure that no gynaecologist will be without work in India.

Synonyms

• gynie (diminutive)

Related terms

• gynaecology

Translations