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obstetrician-gynecologist

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A physician specializing in the medical and surgical care of the female reproductive system, pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period; commonly abbreviated as OB-GYN.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, countable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • The town had only one obstetrician-gynecologist.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From obstetrician + gynecologist.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hungarian: szülész-nőgyógyász — a physician who is both an obstetrician and a gynecologist
  • Russian: акуше́р-гинеко́лог (akušér-ginekólog) — a physician who is both an obstetrician and a gynecologist
  • Ukrainian: акуше́р-гінеко́лог (akušér-hinekóloh) — a physician who is both an obstetrician and a gynecologist