gynecologist

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

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

a physician specializing in gynecology. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn

Origin of gynecologist

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

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

gynecologist

[ gī′nĭ-kŏl′ə-jĭst, jĭn′ĭ- ]

A physician specializing in gynecology.