abortion doctor
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- noun
- /əˈbɔrʃən ˈdɑktər/
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médico abortista
Examples
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You are prosecuting an abortion doctor for murder.
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Cohan's got the jury thinking that Gosnell's just an ordinary abortion doctor who cut some corners to provide services to poor black women.
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It tells the tale of Susan Wicklund, M.D., an abortion doctor, as told in her forthcoming book, This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor (Public Affairs).
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The clinic hired an experienced abortion doctor to provide safe and legal procedures for women.
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Many women rely on the expertise of an abortion doctor when making a difficult decision about their pregnancies.
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The abortion doctor explained the procedure in detail to ensure the patient felt comfortable and informed.
Synonyms
A doctor who mainly ends pregnancies
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a transparent noun–noun composition: 'abortion' (medical termination of pregnancy) combined with 'doctor' (medical professional) straightforwardly yields 'a doctor who performs or specializes in abortions.' This compounding pattern is regular in English and in many other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would reliably infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The compound abortion doctor joins the words abortion and doctor to name a doctor who performs 'abortions', that is, who 'ends pregnancies'. So, it means 'a doctor who specializes in performing abortions'.