nurse-midwife

noun

Definition of nurse-midwifenext
as in midwife

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Recent Examples of nurse-midwife More than a third of counties in the United States do not have an ob/gyn, a family physician or a certified nurse-midwife. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025 Certified nurse-midwives would be exempt from that requirement, but would be required to submit a plan for births outside a hospital. — Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025 Initially, three teenage boys worked as volunteer transport helpers, caring for FNS’s horses and running errands for the nurse-midwives. — Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024 Care that can currently be delivered by a nurse-midwife via a brief video call or online questionnaire would revert to a time-consuming and costly series of clinic visits with a physician. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nurse-midwife
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nurse-midwife
  1. midwife
  2. doctor
  3. obstetrician
  4. physician
  5. gynecologist
Noun
  • There was no doctor on standby, or midwife to guide her through labor and delivery.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • That work is, in my opinion, as honorable as being a midwife or the kind of doula who helps deliver babies.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of midwife
Noun
  • This plan will break up monopolies, lower medical debt, bring down the cost of prescription drugs, and ensure doctors decide what medication their patients need — not insurance companies.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The baby was last, which might have been why doctors were able to briefly restart a heartbeat once he was rushed to the hospital after his father returned home.
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • Traditionally, obstetricians were required to be on call when their patients went into labor.
    — Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Jennifer Jury McIntosh, an obstetrician and spokesperson for the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, asked me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of obstetrician
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  • Most questions are screened by the office staff before they are relayed to the physician.
    — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The physician runs a social media account critical of the communist government.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of physician
Noun
  • Her gynecologist initially diagnosed her with dermatitis and recommended a cortisone cream.
    — Erica Sweeney, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Ossoff is married to Alisha Kramer, an obstetrician-gynecologist and assistant professor at the Emory University School of Medicine.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of gynecologist

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“Nurse-midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurse-midwife. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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