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OB/GYN

OB/GYN is the alternative form of OB-GYN.

Meaning of OB-GYN

Noun

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

  1. (Canada, US, abbreviation, acronym, informal, initialism) Obstetrics 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. (Canada, US, abbreviation, acronym, countable, initialism) A physician in these specialties; an obstetrician-gynecologist.
  3. (Canada, US, abbreviation, acronym, countable, initialism) (prefixed with the) A clinic or doctor's office with these specialties.

Forms of OB/GYN

pluralOB/GYNs

Questions about OB/GYN

What is OB/GYN the alternative form of?
OB/GYN is the alternative form of OB-GYN.

Words near OB/GYN in the dictionary

  1. OB-Gynes
  2. ob-gyns
  3. Ob-Ugrian
  4. Ob-Ugric
  5. ob.
  6. OB/GYN
  7. OB/GYNs
  8. oba
  9. Oba.
  10. obacunone
  11. Obad.

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