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gynaecology

gynaecology is the alternative spelling of gynecology.

Meaning of gynecology

Noun

gynecology (uncountable)

  1. (US) The study of, or the branch of medicine specializing in, the medical problems of women, especially disorders of the reproductive organs.

Origin of gynaecology

From gynaeco- + -logy.

Words formed from gynaecology

Questions about gynaecology

What is gynaecology the alternative spelling of?
Gynaecology is the alternative spelling of gynecology.

Words near gynaecology in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gynaecology (page history and authors); gynecology (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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