Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The combined practice of obstetrics and gynecology.
- noun A specialist in this field; an obstetrician-gynecologist.
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- noun informal (
medicine )obstetrics andgynecology ; aspecialist in this field
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Examples
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But there is no way in hell you made it through med school and a ob-gyn rotation without learning this stuff.
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Certainly we'd see an ob-gyn in the beginning as well, to make sure that
A conversation with bestselling author Chris Bohjalian about his novel, Skeletons at the Feast 2010
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We went through a quick series of meetings with specialists and doctors, then left and went a few blocks over to see our ob-gyn.
In the Time of Bobby Cox Lang Whitaker 2011
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April 23rd, 2010 at 1: 52 pm tombaker says: the chicken crossed the road to avoid being bartered for a ob-gyn exam by Sue Lowden.
Think Progress » College Republicans create ‘W’ Day to honor Bush. 2010
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Compiled by authors Melissa Heckscher (former paranoid pregnant woman, now paranoid mother) and ob-gyn Dr. Emily Sikking (daughter of veteran actor James B. Sikking), this book really delivers.
Nancy Doyle Palmer: The Pregnancy Test: More Is Less Nancy Doyle Palmer 2011
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The welcome return of Chris Parnell's obtuse Dr. Spaceman on 30 Rock, this time as an ob-gyn for Tracy's wife, overheard during the delivery chanting, "Pull, Angie, Pull!" ...
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Women contemplating pregnancy should visit an ob-gyn doctor prior to conception, or as soon as possible afterward.
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D., an associate professor of cancer epidemiology and ob-gyn at Harvard Medical School, in Boston.
Smoking & Cancer: Now A Risk To Your Breasts? Health.com 2011
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Struggling in his career and shut down by his overbearing family his ob-gyn sister, Kristen, played by Dorian Brown, constantly tells Ryan what to do, he sees things in his neighbor's dog that help him overcome his weaknesses and fears.
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Compiled by authors Melissa Heckscher (former paranoid pregnant woman, now paranoid mother) and ob-gyn Dr. Emily Sikking (daughter of veteran actor James B. Sikking), this book really delivers.
Nancy Doyle Palmer: The Pregnancy Test: More Is Less Nancy Doyle Palmer 2011
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