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(jĭnˊē̍-sē′ŭm)

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Noun.

[L., fr. Gr.

γυναικεῖον

women’s apartments, fr.

γυνή

a woman.]

That part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women.

[Written also

gyneceum

gynecium

Tennyson.

gynaecium ‎(plural gynaecia)

gynaecīum n ‎(genitive gynaecīī); second declension

Second declension.