plural ob-gyns
: a physician who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology
obstetrics-gynecology
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Sarah Sloat, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2024
His mother and father, who emigrated from India, were doctors, an ob-gyn and a cardiologist.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2024
Munn's lifesaving diagnosis was due to her ob-gyn’s decision to calculate her lifetime breast cancer risk score during a routine Pap smear using a free online tool called a Tyrer-Cuzick risk assessment calculator.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
Insurance reimbursement rates are set in large part by a committee that critics say undervalues ob-gyn care relative to other, high-profit specialties.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
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The best way to measure core body temperature is to take your rectal or oral temperature first thing in the morning, says Roisin Mortimer, an ob-gyn and researcher with the Apple Women’s Health Study at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
—Sarah Sloat, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2024
His mother and father, who emigrated from India, were doctors, an ob-gyn and a cardiologist.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2024
Munn's lifesaving diagnosis was due to her ob-gyn’s decision to calculate her lifetime breast cancer risk score during a routine Pap smear using a free online tool called a Tyrer-Cuzick risk assessment calculator.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
Insurance reimbursement rates are set in large part by a committee that critics say undervalues ob-gyn care relative to other, high-profit specialties.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
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“Ob-gyn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ob-gyn. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024.
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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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