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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OB, a Latin preposition, signifies primarily, in front, before, and hence against, towards; as in objicio, to object, that is, to throw against. It has also the force of in or on; as in obtrude. In composition, the letter b is often changed into the first letter of the word to which it is prefixed; as in occasion, offer, oppose.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea [syn: Ob, Ob River]
2: the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother [syn: obstetrics, OB, tocology, midwifery]

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation 1. [Latin obiit] he died; she died 2. observation

Merriam Webster's

or Obad abbreviation Obadiah

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation obstetric; obstetrician; obstetrics

Merriam Webster's

geographical name river over 2250 miles (3620 kilometers) W Russia in Asia flowing NW & N into Gulf of Ob' (inlet of Arctic Ocean 500 miles or 800 kilometers long)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

abbr. Brit. outside broadcast.

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