Ob

//ɒb// adj, name, noun, symbol

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of obstetric. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
  2. 2
    Initialism of out of bounds. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of obligatory (as in "ob. link" on Usenet) (see ObLink at c2.com; see also ob-) abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of Old Babylonian. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Russia; the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers.
Noun
  1. 1
    a halfpenny historical
  2. 2
    an objection archaic
  3. 3
    Initialism of Olympic best. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 4
    the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother wordnet
  5. 5
    the obese gene
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  1. 6
    Initialism of outside broadcast. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 7
    observation
  3. 8
    Initialism of outside broadcasting. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 9
    Initialism of old boy (a male graduate; also a CB radio operator's term of address for a male). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 10
    Abbreviation of obstetrician. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "One woman in ten is at risk — yet one-third of all women over 50 have never had a mammo! By making Pap tests routine, OBs and GYNs have saved many lives."

  6. 11
    Abbreviation of obstetrics. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    Abbreviation of Old Babylonian. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Symbol
  1. 1
    The set of objects of a category.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin ob, abbreviation of obolus.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

Etymology 3

From Russian Обь (Obʹ).

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