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Medical specialties that start with O
Looking for medical specialties that begin with O? Here are 12 of them in alphabetical order, from “Obesity medicine” to “Otology”.
Medical specialties starting with O
- Obesity medicine
- Obstetricsalso Obstetrician
- Occupational medicinealso Occupational health
- Oculoplastic surgeryalso Oculoplastics
- Oncologyalso Oncologist
- Ophthalmologyalso Ophthalmologist, Eye doctor
- Optometryalso Optometrist
- Oral surgeryalso Oral surgeon, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Maxillofacial surgery
- Orthodonticsalso Orthodontist
- Orthopedicsalso Orthopaedics, Orthopedic surgeon, Orthopaedic surgeon, Orthopedist
- Osteopathyalso Osteopath
- Otologyalso Neurotology, Otologist
About this list
- O is the 2nd most common first letter in this list: 12 of the 116 medical specialties (10%).
- Shortest: “Otology”. Longest: “Occupational medicine”.
- 4 names have more than one word.
- 11 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many medical specialties start with O?
- 12 of the 116 medical specialties in Icillion start with O, for example Oncology, Orthopedics and Ophthalmology.
- What is the longest name among medical specialties that start with O?
- The longest is “Occupational medicine” and the shortest is “Otology”.
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