Definition of "ob-gyn" []

• Informal The combined practice or field of obstetrics and gynecology. (noun)
• Informal A specialist in this field; an obstetrician-gynecologist. (noun)

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• "D., an associate professor of cancer epidemiology and ob-gyn at Harvard Medical School, in Boston."
• "Women contemplating pregnancy should visit an ob-gyn doctor prior to conception, or as soon as possible afterward."
• "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."