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Alternative forms

• gynecologist (US)

Noun

gynaecologist ‎(plural gynaecologists)

1. (British, Canadian, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
   • 1950, Moya Woodside, Sterilization in North Carolina: A Sociological and Psychological Study, University of North Carolina Press, page 56,

     In the last analysis, the fate of each individual woman rests in the hands of the gynaecologist.

   • 1969, Canadian House of Commons, Debates, Official Report, page 8287,

     Since there is an important bill under study today, we are asked to hope that a gynaecologist will sit on a therapeutic committee.

   • 1972, The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Volume 12, page 194,

     During the past 5 years considerable interest has been shown by gynaecologists in the technique of laparoscopy (Steptoe, 1967; Cohen, 1970).

   • 1984, British House of Commons, Parliamentary debates (Hansard), page 345,

     According to the Bill, from the moment that the embryo insertion has been completed, the authority for the gynaecologist to have an embryo in his possession immediately and automatically ends.

   • 1995 October 31, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 2287,

     Mr Shikuku: […] Was there any gynaecologist among those doctors?

     Mr. Angatia: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there was a gynaecologist and also a midwife.

   • 2009, India Today, Volume 34, Issues 36-43, page 592,

     With one of the highest birth rates across the world (22.69 births per thousand), one can be sure that no gynaecologist will be without work in India.

Synonyms

• gynie (diminutive)

Related terms

• gynaecology

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