gynecology

English

Alternative forms

• gynaecology (Commonwealth)
• gynæcology (dated)

Etymology

From French gynécologie, from Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) + -logie (“-logy”). Replaced earlier gyniatrics.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɡaɪnɪˈkɒlədʒi/, /ˌdʒaɪnɪˈkɒlədʒi/ (archaic)
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡaɪnəˈkɑləd͡ʒi/, /ˌd͡ʒaɪnəˈkɑləd͡ʒi/ (archaic)

• Audio (US):

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Noun

gynecology (uncountable)

1. (American spelling) The study of, or the branch of medicine specializing in, the medical problems of women, especially disorders of the reproductive organs.

   Coordinate term: obstetrics

Coordinate terms

• andrology

Derived terms

• gyne
• gynecologic
• gynecological
• gynecologist
• gyno
• OB-GYN
• urogynecology

Related terms

• obstetrician-gynecologist

Translations

branch of medicine specializing in the problems of women

• Albanian: gjinekologji (sq) f
• Arabic: طِبّ النِّسَاء m (ṭibb an-nisāʔ)
• Armenian: գինեկոլոգիա (hy) (ginekologia)
• Asturian: xinecoloxía f
• Azerbaijani: ginekologiya
• Basque: ginekologia (eu)
• Belarusian: гінекало́гія f (hinjekalóhija)
• Bengali: স্ত্রীরোগবিদ্যা (strirōgbidda)
• Bulgarian: гинеколо́гия f (ginekológija)
• Burmese: မီးယပ်ပညာ (my) (mi:yappa.nya)
• Catalan: ginecologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婦科 / 妇科 (zh) (fùkē)

• Cornish: bengorfonieth f
• Czech: gynekologie (cs) f
• Danish: gynækologi (da) c
• Dutch: gynaecologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: ginekologio
• Estonian: günekoloogia (et)
• Finnish: naistentautioppi (fi)
• French: gynécologie (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: gynekology

• Georgian: გინეკოლოგია (gineḳologia)
• German: Frauenheilkunde (de) f, Gynäkologie (de) f
• Greek: γυναικολογία (el) f (gynaikología)
• Hebrew: גִינֵקוֹלוֹגִיָה f (ginekológia)
• Hindi: स्त्रीरोगविद्या f (strīrogvidyā), स्त्रीरोगविज्ञान m (strīrogvijñān), प्रसूतिशास्त्र m (prasūtiśāstra)
• Hungarian: nőgyógyászat (hu)
• Icelandic: kvensjúkdómafræði f
• Ido: ginekologio (io)
• Irish: liacht bhan f, gínéiceolaíocht f, banliacht f
• Italian: ginecologia (it) f
• Japanese: 婦人科 (ja) (ふじんか, fujinka)
• Kazakh: гинекология (ginekologiä)
• Korean: 부인과(婦人科) (ko) (bu'in'gwa)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: jînekolojî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: гинекология (ky) (ginekologiya)
• Lao: ນະຣີເວດສະວິທະຍາ (na rī wēt sa wi tha nyā)
• Latvian: ginekoloģija f
• Lithuanian: ginekologija f
• Macedonian: гинекологија f (ginekologija)
• Malay: ginekologi (ms)
• Māori: mātai arowahine
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: гинекологи (ginekologi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gynekologi m

• Persian: پزشکی زنان (fa) (pezeški-ye zanân), گایناکولوژی (gâynâkoloži)
• Polish: ginekologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: ginecologia (pt) f
• Romanian: ginecologie (ro) f
• Russian: гинеколо́гия (ru) f (ginekológija)
• Scottish Gaelic: lèigheòlas bhan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гинеколо̀гија f

  Latin: ginekològija (sh) f

• Slovak: gynekológia (sk) f
• Slovene: ginekologȋja (sl) f
• Spanish: ginecología (es) f
• Swahili: elimuuzazi
• Swedish: gynekologi (sv) c
• Tajik: гинекология (ginekologiya)
• Thai: นรีเวชวิทยา (ná-rii-wêet-wí-tá-yaa), นรีเวชศาสตร์ (ná-rii-wêet-chá-sàat)
• Turkish: jinekoloji (tr)
• Turkmen: ginekologiýa
• Ukrainian: гінеколо́гія f (hinekolóhija)
• Uzbek: ginekologiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: phụ khoa (vi), bệnh phụ khoa