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GYNECOLOGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gynecologist mean? 

GYNECOLOGIST (noun)
  The noun GYNECOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. a specialist in gynecologyplay

  Familiarity information: GYNECOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GYNECOLOGIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A specialist in gynecology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

gynaecologist; gynecologist; woman's doctor

Hypernyms ("gynecologist" 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:

gynecology (the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women)


 Context examples 


A national medical society for obstetricians and gynecologists.

(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, NCI Thesaurus)



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