gynecologist
Americannoun
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gynecologists
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gynecologist
First recorded in 1870–75; gynecolog(y) + -ist
Example Sentences
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It was the start of a lifelong political passion that she said began thanks to a gynecologist.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Rachel was eventually referred to a gynecologist but was told there was a wait of nearly a year.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Middle-aged women who were suffering from depression were often prescribed anti-depressants or anti-anxiety medicine without further discussion or exploration, said Dr. Anna Barbieri, an obstetrician gynecologist and certified menopause practitioner in New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
“Reproductive-age women from puberty to menopause have significant cyclic changes in their sex hormones during the course of their menstrual cycle,” says Dr. Kacey M. Hamilton, a complex benign gynecologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026
She felt something similar to what she had felt while waiting for the gynecologist: convinced that something was wrong with her body and yet willing him to tell her that all was well.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nichola Howells from Manchester started experiencing extremely heavy periods at the age of 14 but spent decades being "dismissed" by doctors and even gynecologists.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Regardless, Tasset said she believes this is an "important new finding" that will help gynecologists better counsel patients.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2024
But I also found comfort in the idea that it was a possibility—and a twinge of anger toward the many gynecologists I had seen who had never mentioned it as one.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2024
The panel was composed of experts in the imaging and management of endometriosis, including radiologists, sonographers, gynecologists, reproductive endocrinologists, and minimally invasive gynecologic surgeons.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2024
More noted as accoucheuses and gynecologists than the three distinguished women just mentioned were Mme.
From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by John Augustine Zahm
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