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Question

Using the context and the suffix -cian, which means “having a certain skill or art,” define the word obstetrician.

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Responses

a worker who conducts autopsies on people
a worker who conducts autopsies on people

an expectant mother who is afflicted with an illness
an expectant mother who is afflicted with an illness

a doctor who specializes in the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth
a doctor who specializes in the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth

a doctor who specializes in the transmission of certain diseases

Answer 1

The correct definition of the word obstetrician, using the context and the suffix -cian, is:

a doctor who specializes in the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth.