gynecologist

UK/ˌɡaɪnəˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/US/ˌɡaɪnəˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/

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Other forms: gynecologists

A gynecologist is a doctor specialising in women's reproductive health. See a gynecologist, refer to a gynecologist, a consultant gynecologist.

British spelling is gynaecologist, with an extra a. The specialty is usually paired with obstetrics, which is pregnancy and birth, so many doctors practise both. Routine screening in this field catches cancers early enough to be treated.

Definitions of gynecologist

1noungynecologistA doctor specialising in women's reproductive health.B2+
“She made an appointment with her gynecologist for a routine check-up.”

gynecologist is a doctor.

Also accepted in games: gynaecologist

Where it comes from

Greek gyne means a woman, plus -logia, the study of.

Built from

γυνή · Ancient Greek — woman
-λογία · Ancient Greek — branch of study
-λόγος · Ancient Greek — word, knowledge, reason

From Ancient Greek γυνή (“woman”) (genitive form γυναικός) + -λογία (“branch of study”), itself the combination form of -λόγος (“word, knowledge, reason”). by surface analysis, gynecology + -ist or gyneco- + -logist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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gynecologist in the wild

William Howell Masters was an American gynecologist and the senior member of the Masters and Johnson human sexuality research team.
William Masters
The Penrose drain is named after American gynecologist Charles Bingham Penrose.
Penrose drain
Gisella Perl was a Hungarian Jewish gynecologist deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944, where she helped hundreds of women, serving as an inmate gynecologist.
Gisella Perl
William Goodell was an American gynecologist from Philadelphia, best remembered for first describing what is now referred to as Goodell's sign.
William Goodell (gynecologist)
Tsering Landol is an Indian gynecologist and one of the pioneers of women's health in the Ladakh Union Territory of India.
Tsering Landol

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