gynecologist
/ˌɡaɪnəˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.78 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Dr. Schirren: The members of this round table keep on speaking about urologists and gynecologists but you never mention andrologists."
- "From now on, too, general practitioners should, as Southard emphasized, be urged to be at least as familiar with the general principles and methods of the psychiatrist as they are with those of the gynecologist, the dermatologist, and the pædiatrist."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) (genitive form γυναικός) + -λογία (-logía, “branch of study”), itself the combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “word, knowledge, reason”). By surface analysis, gynecology + -ist or gyneco- + -logist.
Usage
- American usage