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Women's healthcare field
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gynecology
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Word definitions for gynecology in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also gynaecology , 1847, from French gynécologie , from Greek gynaik- , comb. form of gyne "woman, female," from PIE *gwen- "woman" (see queen ). Second element is from French -logie "study of," from Greek (see -logy ). Another word for it was gyniatrics ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women [syn: gynaecology ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gynecology \Gyn`e*col"o*gy\ (j[i^]n`[-e]*k[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^] or g[imac]`n[-e]-), n. [Gr. gynh`, gynaiko`s, a woman + -logy.] The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women. -- Gyn`e*col"o*gist .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The study of, or the branch of medicine specializing in, the medical problems of women, especially disorders or the reproductive organs.
Usage examples of gynecology.
He explained to the group that he had called the ad hoc committee to decide if Rae should keep her privileges to practice obstetrics and gynecology at Berkeley Hills Hospital.
Like most of the male gynecologists, he actually hates women, and when I talked about doing gynecology myself, he acted like I was cutting his balls off.
I honestly feel that in obstetrics, gynecology, most of what we do is pretty mindless.
The corollary to all this was that I should immediately quit gynecology, go back and do another residency and start all over again.
And he got a little antsy talking about his billing, so there could have been something funny about that - taking a cut of her fee, kickbacks for referrals, billing for gynecology instead of psychology to up the reimbursement, whatever.
American Journal of Ohstetrics and Gynecology, and next to that stood a framed photo taken by Harvey of Rae walking Leopold past the sailboats of the Emeryville Marina.
I was a medical student putting in time in Gynecology, there was this patient, a woman in her forties, who was in for some mysterious pains in her pussy.
The others on the committee were heads of services--surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pathology, pediatrics, radiology, several more.
But all the doctors say gynecology is treating women whose illnesses are in their heads.
At gynecology he hesitated and then trotted down the corridor, sneaking glimpses through open doorways at people lying in beds.
Tacked to the wall beams were auto-parts calendars and foldouts of naked women with an emphasis upon luxuriant pubic hair and angles that bespoke an interest in amateur gynecology.
Obstetrics and gynecology were very new specialties and puerperal fever raged if a woman was hospitalized for her labor.