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GYNAECOLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gynaecologist mean?
• GYNAECOLOGIST (noun)
The noun GYNAECOLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. a specialist in gynecology
Familiarity information: GYNAECOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A specialist in gynecology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
gynaecologist; gynecologist; woman's doctor
Hypernyms ("gynaecologist" is a kind of...):
medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)
Instance hyponyms:
John Rock; Rock (United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984))
Derivation:
gynaecology (the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women)
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