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gynaecologist

UK/ˌɡaɪ.nəˈkɒl.ə.dʒɪst//ˌɡaɪ.nəˈkɑː.lə.dʒɪst/

gynaecologist is the alternative spelling of gynecologist.

Meaning of gynecologist

Noun

gynecologist (plural gynecologists)

  1. (US) A physician specializing in diseases of the female reproductive system.
    • Dr. Schirren: The members of this round table keep on speaking about urologists and gynecologists but you never mention andrologists.1986, Emil Steinberger, G. Frajese, Anna Steinberger, editors, Reproductive Medicine, page 493
    Synonyms:
    gynie, gyno

Synonyms of gynaecologist

Forms of gynaecologist

pluralgynaecologists
alternative Canada USgynecologist
alternative form (dated)gynæcologist

Origin of gynaecologist

From gynaecology + -ist.

Questions about gynaecologist

What is gynaecologist the alternative spelling of?
Gynaecologist is the alternative spelling of gynecologist.
How do you pronounce gynaecologist?
Gynaecologist is pronounced /ˌɡaɪ.nəˈkɒl.ə.dʒɪst/ (UK).

Words near gynaecologist in the dictionary

  1. gynaecol
  2. gynaecologic
  3. gynaecological
  4. gynaecologically
  5. gynaecologies
  6. gynaecologist
  7. gynaecologists
  8. gynaecology
  9. gynaecomania
  10. gynaecomast
  11. gynaecomastia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gynaecologist (page history and authors); gynecologist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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