ob.

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. he died; she died.

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ob. ² American  

abbreviation

1. incidentally.

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ob. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. oboe.

2. Meteorology.  observation.

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Ob ⁴ American  

[awb, ob, awp] / ɔb, ɒb, ɔp /

noun

1. a river in the W Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NW to the Gulf of Ob. 2,500 miles (4,025 km) long.

2. Gulf of, an inlet of the Arctic Ocean. About 500 miles (800 km) long.

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OB ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Medicine/Medical.  Also ob

   1. obstetric.

   2. obstetrician.

   3. obstetrics.

2. off Broadway.

3. opening of books.

4. ordered back.

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ob- ⁶ American  

1. a prefix meaning “toward,” “to,” “on,” “over,” “against,” originally occurring in loanwords from Latin, but now used also, with the sense of “reversely,” “inversely,” to form New Latin and English scientific terms: object; obligate; oblanceolate.

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O.B. ⁷ American  

Or O/B.

abbreviation

1. opening of books.

2. ordered back.

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ob. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. (on tombstones) obiit

2. obiter

3. oboe

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OB ² British  

abbreviation

1. Old Boy

2. outside broadcast

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Ob ³ British  

/ ɔpj /

noun

1. a river in N central Russia, formed at Bisk by the confluence of the Biya and Katun Rivers and flowing generally north to the Gulf of Ob (an inlet of the Arctic Ocean): one of the largest rivers in the world, with a drainage basin of about 2 930 000 sq km (1 131 000 sq miles). Length: 3682 km (2287 miles)

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ob- ⁴ British  

prefix

1. inverse or inversely

   obovate

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Etymology

Origin of ob.¹

From the Latin word obiit

Origin of ob.²

From the Latin word obiter

Origin of ob-⁶

Middle English (from Old French ) from Latin, representing ob (preposition); in some scientific terms, from New Latin, Latin ob- (prefix)

Example Sentences

“OB is frightfully difficult to recruit, and I’m not real sure exactly why,” said the clinic’s chief medical officer Dr. Lee Jennings.

From Seattle Times

“We’re isolated, we’re in an area where we’re the only OB group in the entire area.”

From Seattle Times

The state faces a critical shortage of OB/GYNs.

From Los Angeles Times

Health-care policy decisions at the state and federal levels have helped create this scourge, just as they have created the larger crisis in maternal mortality and morbidity, and they can help end it by rebuilding rural OB/GYN and health care — made more difficult in the wake of Dobbs v.

From Washington Post

When it came time to submit applications to OB/GYN training programs last fall, Lucy Brown decided against storied medical residencies in Texas and Florida.

From Washington Post