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Obstetrician vs Gynaecologist - What's the difference?

obstetrician | gynaecologist |

As nouns the difference between obstetrician and gynaecologist

is that obstetrician is (medicine) a physician who specializes in childbirth while gynaecologist is (uk|canada|dated in us) a physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.

obstetrician

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine) A physician who specializes in childbirth.
  • Synonyms

    * tocologist

    gynaecologist

    English

    Alternative forms

    * gynecologist (US)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Canada, 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 .
  • * 1969 , Canadian House of Commons, Debates, Official Report , page 8287,
  • Since there is an important bill under study today, we are asked to hope that a gynaecologist will sit on a therapeutic committee.
  • * 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).
  • * 1984 , British House of Commons, Parliamentary debates (Hansard) , page 345,
  • According to the Bill, from the moment that the embryo insertion has been completed, the authority for the gynaecologist to have an embryo in his possession immediately and automatically ends.
  • * 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)