Definitions

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  • noun The branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women; same as gynecology.

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  • noun Alternative form of gynecology.

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  • noun the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women

Etymologies

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From gynaeco- + -logy.

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Examples

  • His father was Ernst Hassel, a physician who specialized in gynaecology, his mother Mathilde née Klaveness.

    Odd Hassel - Biography 1972

  • Professor Alastair MacLennan, professor and head of discipline of obstetrics and gynaecology at Adelaide University in Australia, said: "For the general public, the message is that to reduce the risks from high blood pressure and diabetes in early pregnancy they should not leave having their family too late in reproductive life, that is over age 35, they should avoid obesity and, if diabetic, they should have good glucose control before trying to get pregnant."

    High blood pressure in early pregnancy linked to birth defects 2011

  • It brought me for short periods of time into surgery, internal medicine and for the remaining time into gynaecology and obstetrics.

    Harald zur Hausen - Autobiography 2009

  • Roger Lobo, president of the ASRM and head of obstetrics and gynaecology at Columbia University in New York, said the study highlighted the importance of not delaying motherhood.

    Have your eggs frozen while you're still young, scientists advise women 2011

  • Lynne Pacanowski, the hospital's director of midwifery and head of gynaecology nursing, posted a response on the wesbite in which she sought to assure the woman that progress was being made to tackle the issues she had raised.

    Hospital patients complain of rude staff, lack of compassion and long waits 2011

  • The lead author of the study, Marian Showell, who works in obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Auckland, said more studies were needed to compare the apparent benefits of antioxidants.

    Antioxidants may help men with fertility problems, study reveals 2011

  • A second young woman is lying in the treatment room of the busy gynaecology emergencies ward at the University Teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia.

    Unsafe abortion in Zambia 2011

  • The findings, which are published in the Public Library of Science, were welcomed by Professor Gordon Smith, head of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at Cambridge University.

    Online IVF calculator will predict chances of fertility treatment success 2011

  • I sit in and gain a variety of terrifying and funny insights into the world of gynaecology: among them, gynaecologists are endlessly amused by ongoing evolutions in bikini waxing (as I always suspected).

    The race to discover Viagra for women 2010

  • The police said the woman opened fire in the gynaecology unit of the hospital and according to local reports managed to fire off several rounds during the incident.

    Gunwoman shot dead after German hospital rampage 2010

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