gynecologist

English

Alternative forms

• gynaecologist (Australia, British spelling, Commonwealth) (Canadian spelling, also common)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡaɪnəˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

gynecologist (plural gynecologists)

1. (American spelling) (Canadian spelling, common) A physician specializing in diseases of the female reproductive system.
   • 1986, Emil Steinberger, G. Frajese, Anna Steinberger, editors, Reproductive Medicine, page 493:

     Dr. Schirren: The members of this round table keep on speaking about urologists and gynecologists but you never mention andrologists.

   • 2006, various authors, A Psychiatric Milestone, The Echo Library, →ISBN, page 29:

     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.

Synonyms

• gynie (Australian diminutive)
• gyno

Derived terms

• urogynecologist

Related terms

• gynecology
• obstetrician-gynecologist
• OB-GYN (US, Canada)

Translations

gynaecologist — see gynaecologist