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ob-gyn

American  
[oh-bee-jee-wahy-en] / ˈoʊˈbiˈdʒiˌwaɪˈɛn /
Or ob/gyn,
  1. obstetrical-gynecological.

  2. obstetrician-gynecologist.

  3. obstetrics and gynecology.


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Root cause: Rachel is abruptly touched by an obtuse ob-gyn at the hospital shortly before the birth of her first child.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2023

"We're already talking about switching over to Misoprostol-only regimens," Dr. Kristyn Brandi, an ob-gyn who serves as the board chair of Physicians for Reproductive Health, told Salon.

From Salon Apr. 11, 2023

One more thing, Kelce’s wife Kylie is pregnant and the couple is bringing their ob-gyn to Arizona just in case.

From Seattle Times Feb. 3, 2023

A survey of ob-gyn residents conducted in 2020 found that trainees were more likely to be satisfied with abortion training in their program if it was given routinely rather than optionally—or not at all.

From Scientific American Jun. 29, 2022

Our well-intentioned ob-gyn initially accepted the result, failing to recognize that the test’s false positive rate was around 95 percent.

From New York Times Jan. 8, 2022

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