ob-gyn

noun

Obstetrics and gynecology.

Meanings

ob-gyn1

nounob-gyn (countable and uncountable, plural ob-gyns)

plural ob-gyns

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of OB-GYN.

OB-GYN2

nounOB-GYN (countable and uncountable, plural OB-GYNs)

plural OB-GYNs · alternative ob-gyn · alternative obgyn · alternative ob/gyn · alternative ObGyn · alternative Ob-Gyn · alternative Ob/Gyn · alternative OBGYN · alternative OB/GYN · alternative Philippines OB-Gyne

  1. CanadaUSabbreviationacronyminformalinitialismuncommonuncountablemedicineObstetrics and gynecology.

    He was a doctor; she was a nurse. She assumed he was the authority on this part of the body. “I never worked in OB-GYN before,” said Gillian, who asked to be identified by her first name to protect her privacy. “I was pretty clueless.”

    2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times
  2. CanadaUSabbreviationacronymcountableinitialismuncommonA physician in these specialties; an obstetrician-gynecologist.
  3. CanadaUSabbreviationacronymcountableinitialismuncommon(prefixed with the) A clinic or doctor's office with these specialties.

    Synonyms: obs and gynae, O&G, obstetrician-gynecologist

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(prefixed with the) A clinic or doctor's office with these specialties.

Origin

Translations

Japanese 産婦人科学, 産婦人科医
  • 産婦人科学 (sanfujinkagaku)branch of medicine
  • 産婦人科医 (sanfujinkai)specialist doctor
  • 産婦人科 (sanfujinka)specialist doctor's office
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Chicago

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