gynecology

English

Alternative forms

• gynaecology (British spelling, Commonwealth) (Canadian spelling, less common)
• gynæcology (archaic)

Etymology

From French gynécologie, from Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) + -logie (“-logy”). Replaced earlier gyniatrics.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɡaɪnɪˈkɒlədʒi/, /ˌdʒaɪnɪˈkɒlədʒi/ (archaic)
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡaɪnəˈkɑləd͡ʒi/, /ˌd͡ʒaɪnəˈkɑləd͡ʒi/ (archaic)

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Noun

gynecology (usually uncountable, plural gynecologies) (American spelling) (Canadian spelling, more common)

1. The study of, or the branch of medicine specializing in, the medical problems of women, especially disorders of the reproductive organs.

   Coordinate term: obstetrics

Coordinate terms

• andrology

Derived terms

• gyne
• gynecologic
• gynecological
• gynecologist
• gyno
• OB-GYN
• urogynecology

 

Related terms

• obstetrician-gynecologist

Translations

branch of medicine specializing in the problems of women

• Albanian: gjinekologji (sq) f
• Arabic: طِبّ النِّسَاء m (ṭibb an-nisāʔ)
• Armenian: գինեկոլոգիա (hy) (ginekologia)
• Asturian: xinecoloxía f
• Azerbaijani: ginekologiya
• Basque: ginekologia (eu)
• Belarusian: гінекало́гія f (hinjekalóhija)
• Bengali: স্ত্রীরোগবিদ্যা (strirōgbidda)
• Bulgarian: гинеколо́гия f (ginekológija)
• Burmese: မီးယပ်ပညာ (my) (mi:yappa.nya)
• Catalan: ginecologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婦科 / 妇科 (zh) (fùkē)

• Czech: gynekologie (cs) f
• Danish: gynækologi (da) c
• Dutch: gynaecologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: ginekologio
• Estonian: günekoloogia (et)
• Finnish: naistentautioppi (fi)
• French: gynécologie (fr) f
• Georgian: გინეკოლოგია (gineḳologia)
• German: Frauenheilkunde (de) f, Gynäkologie (de) f
• Greek: γυναικολογία (el) f (gynaikología)
• Hebrew: גִינֵקוֹלוֹגִיָה f (ginekológia)
• Hindi: स्त्रीरोगविज्ञान m (strīrogvijñān), प्रसूतिशास्त्र m (prasūtiśāstra)
• Hungarian: nőgyógyászat (hu)
• Icelandic: kvensjúkdómafræði f
• Ido: ginekologio (io)
• Irish: liacht bhan f, gínéiceolaíocht f, banliacht f
• Italian: ginecologia (it) f
• Japanese: 婦人科 (ja) (ふじんか, fujinka)
• Kazakh: гинекология (ginekologiä)
• Korean: 부인과(婦人科) (ko) (bu'in'gwa)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: jînekolojî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: гинекология (ky) (ginekologiya)
• Lao: ນະຣີເວດສະວິທະຍາ (na rī wēt sa wi tha nyā)
• Latvian: ginekoloģija f
• Lithuanian: ginekologija f
• Macedonian: гинекологија f (ginekologija)
• Malay: ginekologi (ms)
• Maori: mātai arowahine
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: гинекологи (ginekologi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gynekologi m

• Persian: پزشکی زنان (fa) (pezeški-ye zanân), گایناکولوژی (gâynâkoloži)
• Polish: ginekologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: ginecologia (pt) f
• Romanian: ginecologie (ro) f
• Russian: гинеколо́гия (ru) f (ginekológija)
• Scottish Gaelic: lèigheòlas bhan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гинеколо̀гија f

  Roman: ginekològija (sh) f

• Slovak: gynekológia (sk) f
• Slovene: ginekologȋja (sl) f
• Spanish: ginecología (es) f
• Swedish: gynekologi (sv) c
• Tajik: гинекология (ginekologiya)
• Thai: นรีเวชวิทยา (ná-rii-wêet-wí-tá-yaa), นรีเวชศาสตร์ (ná-rii-wêet-chá-sàat)
• Turkish: jinekoloji (tr)
• Turkmen: ginekologiýa
• Ukrainian: гінеколо́гія f (hinekolóhija)
• Uzbek: ginekologiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: phụ khoa (vi), bệnh phụ khoa
• West Frisian: gynekology