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gynecologist

/ˌɡaɪnəˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/

gynecologist noun: a physician specializing in diseases of the female reproductive system.

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
    • From now on, too, general practitioners should, as Southard emphasized, be urged to be at least as familiar with the general principles and methods of the psychiatrist as they are with those of the gynecologist, the dermatologist, and the pædiatrist.2006, various authors, A Psychiatric Milestone, The Echo Library, →ISBN, page 29
    Synonyms:
    gynie, gyno

gynecologist meaning in Tamil

gynecologist in Tamil

பெண்ணோயியலார்

Synonyms of gynecologist

Forms of gynecologist

pluralgynecologists
alternative Commonwealthgynaecologist
alternative form (dated)gynæcologist

Plural of gynecologist: gynecologists

Origin of gynecologist

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.

Words formed from gynecologist

Questions about gynecologist

What does gynecologist mean?
Gynecologist means a physician specializing in diseases of the female reproductive system.
What is gynecologist in Tamil?
Gynecologist in Tamil is பெண்ணோயியலார். See Gynecologist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gynecologist?
Gynecologist is a noun.
How do you pronounce gynecologist?
Gynecologist is pronounced /ˌɡaɪnəˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/.
What is the plural of gynecologist?
The plural of gynecologist is gynecologists.

Words near gynecologist in the dictionary

  1. gynecolatry
  2. gynecologic
  3. gynecological
  4. gynecologically
  5. gynecologies
  6. gynecologist
  7. gynecologists
  8. gynecology
  9. gynecomania
  10. gynecomast
  11. gynecomastia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gynecologist (page history and authors); gynecologist (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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