gynecology

noun

gy·​ne·​col·​o·​gy ˌgī-nə-ˈkä-lə-jē How to pronounce gynecology (audio) ˌji- How to pronounce gynecology (audio)
: a branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and routine physical care of the reproductive system of women
gynecologic adjective

Examples of gynecology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web According to Hugh Taylor, MD, professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine, the most significant risk factors for fibroids are race, age, and family history. Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 21 May 2024 Mercy doesn’t have an easy solution for this problem, said Dr. Robert Atlas, the downtown Baltimore hospital’s chair of obstetrics and gynecology. Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2024 Throughout her career, Kate was involved in obstetrics, gynecology and anesthetics before moving to general practice. Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024 The change affects only obstetrics; gynecology services will still be offered at Mercy Chula Vista. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024 Alabama is the birth of gynecology and the birth of where Black women were experimented upon, and that's where a lot of our practices still come from. As Told To Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 24 Feb. 2024 After leaving the military, Dr. Miller set up a private practice in obstetrics and gynecology in Mount Vernon on Calvert Street. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024 Others experience more than one symptom, said Dr. Lauren Streicher, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Kristen Rogers, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024 Those foods contribute to period weight gain, says Lisa Dabney, MD, an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Women's Health, 14 July 2023

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Word History

Etymology

probably borrowed from German Gynäkologie, borrowed from New Latin gynaecologia, from gynaeco- gyneco- + -logia -logy

Note: The Latin term appears in the titles of the German physician Martin Schurig's Gynaecologia historico-medica (Dresden, 1730) and in the German humanist and physician Johann Peter Lotichius's Gynaicologia, id est, de nobilitate et perfectione sexus feminei (Rinteln, 1630). Neither work, however, dealt with gynecology as a branch of medicine. Schurig's book dealt with female sexual behavior from a medical and legal standpoint, and Lotichius discussed the nature of women and challenged the ancients' belief in female inferiority.

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gynecology was in 1828

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Cite this Entry

“Gynecology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gynecology. Accessed 28 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

gynecology

noun
gy·​ne·​col·​o·​gy ˌgīn-i-ˈkäl-ə-jē How to pronounce gynecology (audio) ˌjin- How to pronounce gynecology (audio)
: a branch of medicine that is concerned with the diseases and routine medical care of the reproductive system of women

Medical Definition

gynecology

noun
gy·​ne·​col·​o·​gy
variants or chiefly British gynaecology
plural gynecologies
: a branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and routine physical care of the reproductive system of women
gynecologic adjective
or gynecological or chiefly British gynaecologic or gynaecological

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