Obstetrician vs. Obstetrics — What's the Difference?

A physician who specializes in obstetrics.

Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgical field.

(medicine) A physician who specializes in childbirth.

The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the recuperative period following delivery.

One skilled in obstetrics; an accoucheur; especially, a physician who specializes in obstetrics.

(medicine) The care of women during and after pregnancy.

A physician specializing in obstetrics

The science of midwifery.

The branch of medicine that deals with childbirth or the care of women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth.

The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother