Gynecologist
/ˌɡaɪnəˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A physician specializing in diseases of the female reproductive system. US
"Dr. Schirren: The members of this round table keep on speaking about urologists and gynecologists but you never mention andrologists."
- 2 a specialist in gynecology wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"She was very shy about her emergency problem, and asked the gynecologist to please examine her."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) (genitive form γυναικός) + -λογία (-logía, “branch of study”), itself the combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “word, knowledge, reason”). By surface analysis, gynecology + -ist or gyneco- + -logist.