gynecologist
[gahy-ni-kol-uh-jist, jin-i-, jahy-ni-]
- a physician specializing in gynecology. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn
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Origin of gynecologist
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Examples from the Web for gynecologist
Contemporary Examples
Jeanette visits her gynecologist, whom Albert recognizes as a baby broker exposed on 60 Minutes.
The Stacks: The Inimitable Albert Brooks Caught at the Dawn of His Movie CareerPaul Slansky
April 13, 2014
He was a gynecologist, after all, but no longer there to give the talk himself.
One is against a gynecologist who lives comfortably in southern France, but is known in Rwanda as the “butcher of Tumba.”
When I turned 43 my gynecologist reminded me that if I was planning on having kids the time was now.
From 1990 to 2008, Setchell served as surgeon and gynecologist to the queen.
Historical Examples
His young father sniffed that he was more likely to be a gynecologist.
We Can't Have EverythingRupert Hughes
Dr Bell, the English gynecologist, using human surgical cases as a basis, commits himself strongly to the dual basis.
Taboo and GeneticsMelvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
The gynecologist must adjust uterine displacements and heal cervical erosions.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and MutilationAustin O'Malley
She went from him to a gynecologist, who considered her headache as owing to causes for which his specialty had the remedies.
Over the TeacupsOliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Word Origin and History for gynecologist
n.
also gynaecologist, 1872, from gynecology + -ist.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
gynecologist
(gī′nĭ-kŏl′ə-jĭst, jĭn′ĭ-)- A physician specializing in gynecology.
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