obstetrician-gynecologist

English

Alternative forms

• OB-GYN (US, Canada)

Etymology

obstetrician +‎ gynecologist

Noun

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

1. (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)