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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 gynecology
Familiarity information: GYNECOLOGIST 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 ("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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