gynecologist

[ gahy-ni-kol-uh-jist, jin-i-, jahy-ni- ]

/ ˌgaɪ nɪˈkɒl ə dʒɪst, ˌdʒɪn ɪ-, ˌdʒaɪ nɪ- /

noun

a physician specializing in gynecology. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn

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Origin of gynecologist

First recorded in 1870–75; gynecolog(y) + -ist

Words nearby gynecologist

gynecocracy, gynecography, gynecoid, gynecoid pelvis, gynecol., gynecologist, gynecology, gynecomastia, gynecomorphous, gynecopathy, gynephobia

Example sentences from the Web for gynecologist

Jeanette visits her gynecologist, whom Albert recognizes as a baby broker exposed on 60 Minutes.
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He was a gynecologist, after all, but no longer there to give the talk himself.
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One is against a gynecologist who lives comfortably in southern France, but is known in Rwanda as the “butcher of Tumba.”
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When I turned 43 my gynecologist reminded me that if I was planning on having kids the time was now.
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From 1990 to 2008, Setchell served as surgeon and gynecologist to the queen.
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The gynecologist must adjust uterine displacements and heal cervical erosions.
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His young father sniffed that he was more likely to be a gynecologist.
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She went from him to a gynecologist, who considered her headache as owing to causes for which his specialty had the remedies.
Over the Teacups|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Dr Bell, the English gynecologist, using human surgical cases as a basis, commits himself strongly to the dual basis.
Taboo and Genetics|Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard

Medical definitions for gynecologist

gynecologist

[ gī′nĭ-kŏl′ə-jĭst, jĭn′ĭ- ]

n.

A physician specializing in gynecology.