Letter O

OB/GYN

A commonly used abbreviation.

OB is short for obstetrics or for an obstetrician, a physician who delivers babies.

GYN is short for gynecology or for a gynecologist, a physician who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs.

The word 'gynecology' comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman + logia meaning study, so gynecology literally is the study of women.

These days gynecology is focused largely on disorders of the female reproductive organs.

An obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) is therefore a physician who both delivers babies and treats diseases of the female reproductive organs

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