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  • noun UK, Canada, dated in US A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.

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  • noun a specialist in gynecology

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Examples

  • Freda Bush, an obstetrician gynaecologist in Jackson and a vocal supporter of Yes on 26 campaign, dismissed such concerns.

    Mississippi voters evenly split over controversial abortion ballot 2011

  • Dr Melanie Davies, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at University College Hospital, London, also supported the code of care.

    Campaign launched to improve NHS care for women after miscarriage 2011

  • Nothing else was working, so the gynaecologist thought a dog would relax her and bring out her nurturing side – and it worked.

    Fay Ripley: My family values 2011

  • My wife had an ectopic pregnancy in 1982 and a gynaecologist told us that we had a 5% chance of having children so when Rosanna was born two years later followed by two boys, Hubie and Mike, we fully appreciated how blessed we are.

    Chris de Burgh: My family values 2011

  • Living in England, in my 53 years I have never seen a gynaecologist!

    The Invention of the Sims Speculum - Surgical Improvisation aka TBTAM 2009

  • She was only 20 when I was born, so they were not trying that long, but apparently she underwent various treatments, and then her gynaecologist said to her: "Get a dog."

    Fay Ripley: My family values 2011

  • Instead activists from Memorial, a Russian NGO defending human rights in post-Soviet states, a Palestinian gynaecologist and a writer and political prisoner from Eritrea were placed on this year's shortlist by MEPs.

    Archive 2009-10-01 2009

  • Bilardo, I feel compelled to add, was also a qualified gynaecologist – something that suggests that either the former Estudiantes midfield bagsnatcher was not quite as insensitive and belligerent as he appeared, or that his life story would make a particularly disturbing David Cronenberg movie.

    Dressingroomistas v Structuralists: football's perennial problem 2011

  • Professor Linda Cardozo, a gynaecologist, said that the preliminary findings show that while women go to the NHS seeking help with functional problems, such as discomfort during sex, those turning to private companies were often seeking purely cosmetic changes and were placing themselves at risk in a growing industry that is largely unregulated.

    Labiaplasty surgery increase blamed on pornography 2011

  • Visiting the US I found out that most women there have access to their own gynaecologist ...

    The Invention of the Sims Speculum - Surgical Improvisation aka TBTAM 2009

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