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Ob- Meaning & Definition
Ob- Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ob-?

[n] the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother
[n] a Russian river; flows northward to the Arctic Ocean

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ob-: midwifery | Ob River | obstetrics | tocology

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See Also | fetology | foetology | medical specialty | medicine | perinatology | river | Siberia

Ob- In Webster's Dictionary

\Ob-\ [L. ob, prep. Cf. {Epi-}.] A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely, etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-.

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