obstetrician-gynecologist

English

Alternative forms

OB-GYN (US, Canada)

Etymology

obstetrician +‎ gynecologist

Noun

obstetrician-gynecologist (plural obstetrician-gynecologists) (US, Canada)

(countable, medicine) A physician who is both an obstetrician and a gynecologist.
The town had only one obstetrician-gynecologist.

Synonyms

OB-GYN (US, Canada, less common)
obs and gynae (Britain, Commonwealth, not Canada)

Translations

a physician who is both an obstetrician and a gynecologist

Hungarian: szülész-nőgyógyász
Russian: акуше́р-гинеко́лог (ru) m (akušér-ginekólog)
Ukrainian: акуше́р-гінеко́лог m (akušér-hinekóloh)

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