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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Example Sentences

Three doctors — an OB-GYN specialist and two general practitioners — already made the daily 52-mile journey from Aden, the main city in Yemen’s south, to Al Kawd to treat about 300 patients every day.

From Los Angeles Times

“People come here because they have no money, but before we could offer them solutions to their problems,” said Dr. Umayma Jamil, the 37-year-old OB-GYN specialist who is the last remaining physician in the clinic.

From Los Angeles Times

The decision would be likely to come with a higher upfront price than insurance-covered hospital care, but she wasn’t happy with her OB-GYN’s office and had doubts about the hospital setting being right for her.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fitzgerald, who lives in Los Angeles and gave birth in 2025, paid roughly $20,000 for her birth team: Vidikan as her midwife, a backup OB-GYN and a doula, none of which were covered by her insurance plan.

From The Wall Street Journal

She and her partner have since gotten some insurance reimbursement for the OB-GYN costs but are still fighting for reimbursement of the midwifery care.

From The Wall Street Journal