Anonymous  +  679987 Wed, 25 Feb 09 04:19 PM On a birh certificate could the abbreviation DO stand for obstetrician? Anonymous Abbreviations, Medical English, Spelling, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages, Medical

	Avangi  +  680026 Wed, 25 Feb 09 05:58 PM I think that would be very unusual, or ill-advised.  "OB" is the usual. (Perhaps it was filled in by someone else.) "DO" is an optometrist or an osteopath Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,171 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier

	Avangi  +  685752 Thu, 12 Mar 09 02:06 AM I suspected that, as I believe the OP did, but I was unable to find a single confirmation on the web   -   but then, I only spent 20 minutes or so. Avangi

	Grammar Geek  +  685754 Thu, 12 Mar 09 02:32 AM DO is Doctor of Osteopathy.  It is also discussed in a thread that goes on for pages and pages, giving this information over and over. If you want the one for the Doctor of Optometry, it's OD. I'm locking the thread before it simply takes on the same form as the other thread. Four years of 128 people giving the same answer over and over.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,652 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!