noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˌɡaɪnəˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/
/ˌd͡ʒaɪnəˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/
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CMU ARPABET:G AY2 N AH0 K AA1 L AH0 JH AH0 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A physician specializing in diseases of the female reproductive system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a specialist in gynecology
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gynaecologist, woman's doctor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: specialist, medical specialist
Narrower terms: Rock, John Rock
History
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.