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Ob

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Noun

1. ob, ob river

a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea

2. midwifery, ob, obstetrics, tocology

the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother

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Ob

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noun
a river in N central Russia, formed at Bisk by the confluence of the Biya and Katun Rivers and flowing generally north to the Gulf of Ob (an inlet of the Arctic Ocean): one of the largest rivers in the world, with a drainage basin of about 2 930 000 sq km (1 131 000 sq miles). Length: 3682 km (2287 miles)
abbreviation for
1. 
Old Boy
2. 
outside broadcast
abbreviation for
1. 
(on tombstones) obiit
2. 
obiter
3. 
oboe

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Ob

see synonyms of ob
1. 
obstetrician
2. 
obstetrics
1. 
river in W Siberia, flowing from the Altai Mountains northwest & north into the Gulf of Ob: 2,495 mi (4,015 km)
2. 
Gulf ofarm of the Kara Sea, in NW Siberia: c. 600 mi (966 km) long
Bible
Obadiah
1. 
he (or she) died
2. 
incidentally

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Ob

see synonyms of ob
abbr.
1. Latin obiit (he or she died)
2. Latin obiter (incidentally)
abbr.
1.
a. obstetric
b. obstetrics
2. obstetrician
A river, about 3,700 km (2,300 mi) long, of central Russia flowing generally northward to the Gulf of Ob, an arm of the Arctic Ocean.
pref.
Inverse; inversely: obcordate.
abbr.
Bible
Obadiah

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