A physician who specializes in the care of women during pregnancy and during the postpartum period is called a(n) ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


obstetrician

An obstetrician is a physician who specializes in the care of women during pregnancy and in the postpartum period. The term obstetrician deconstructs into the suffix -ician meaning expert, specialist, and root obstetr- meaning midwifery.

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