gynaecology
pronunciation
How to pronounce gynaecology in British English:
UK [ˌgaɪnəˈkɒlədʒi]
How to pronounce gynaecology in American English:
US [ˌɡaɪnəˈkɑːlədʒi]
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- Noun:
- the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women
Word Origin
- gynaecology
- gynaecology: [19] The Greek word for ‘woman’ was guné. It has relatives in several modern Indo-European languages, including Swedish kvinna, Danish kvinde, Irish Gaelic bean, Welsh benyw, Czech zhena, Russian zhenshchina, Persian zan (whence ultimately English zenana ‘harem’ [18]), and the now obsolete English quean [OE], and goes back to Indo-European *gwen-.The resumption of the study of Greek in the 16th century led to increasing adoption of compounds involving guné into English. The earliest recorded ones are gyneconome ‘member of a board of Athenian magistrates whose job was to ensure that women behaved properly’ [16] and gynocracy ‘rule by women’ [17]. Gynaecology is a comparative latecomer, not appearing before the 1840s.=> queen, zenana
Example
- 1. While three months were devoted to teaching us obstetrics and gynaecology , the study of soft tissue disorders was renamed rheuma-holiday , and my tutelage in ophthalmology was practically non-existent .
- 2. Alinsod , in fact , is responsibly working toward using conferences such as this to help set professional standards that will perhaps assist in fostering the legitimacy of cosmetic gynaecology and lead to safety standards and clinical trials .
- 3. British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology .
- 4. An international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology .
- 5. He has been appointed to a consultancy in gynaecology .