gynecologist

[ gahy-ni-kol-uh-jist, jin-i-, jahy-ni- ]

noun

1. a physician specializing in gynecology. : GYN, gyn

Word History and Origins

Origin of gynecologist¹

First recorded in 1870–75; gynecolog(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

She replaced key administrators and brokered a $1-billion settlement with alumnae victimized by a sexually abusive gynecologist.

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A Los Angeles gynecologist has surrendered his medical license after a state agency accused him of “unprofessional conduct,” including asking a patient about her religious beliefs after she disclosed having had an abortion.

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Plaintiffs are represented by a legal team that includes Anthony T. DiPietro, an attorney who has also represented patients of convicted sex offender Robert Hadden, formerly a gynecologist at Columbia University, and attorneys who represented patients of former USC gynecologist George Tyndall.

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In order to feel my best, I paid closer attention to my hormones and hunted for a gynecologist interested in what happens to women beyond child-bearing years.

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The 78-year-old media personality wrote that she was in college at the time of the incident and had booked an appointment with the gynecologist to obtain birth control.

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