plural ob-gyns
: a physician who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology
obstetrics-gynecology
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Judy Berman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
Three weeks before my due date, after a routine ultrasound, my high-risk ob-gyn walked briskly into the room.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
If your period pain is severe, your healthcare provider or an ob-gyn can prescribe medications or birth control medicines to help manage symptoms.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 6 Feb. 2025
Today Munn is determined to raise awareness for other women at risk, crediting her ob-gyn's decision to calculate her lifetime cancer risk as the one that saved her life.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
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The Mindy Project, a workplace rom-com that cast the creator as a single ob-gyn, had some great moments but was inconsistent enough to feel as dashed-off as its placeholder title.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
Three weeks before my due date, after a routine ultrasound, my high-risk ob-gyn walked briskly into the room.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
If your period pain is severe, your healthcare provider or an ob-gyn can prescribe medications or birth control medicines to help manage symptoms.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 6 Feb. 2025
Today Munn is determined to raise awareness for other women at risk, crediting her ob-gyn's decision to calculate her lifetime cancer risk as the one that saved her life.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
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“Ob-gyn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ob-gyn. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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ob-gyn
1 of 2 noun
plural ob-gyns
: a physician who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology
OB-GYN
2 of 2 abbreviation
obstetrics-gynecology
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