gynaen.
/ˈɡʌɪni/ colloquial.
= gynaecology n., gynaecological adj.
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1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §534/1 Gynae, gynaecology.
1960 J. Grant Come again, Nurse xxiv. 158 Sister Judgeson on Gynie Theatre was a sweet middle-aged woman.
1962 G. Butler Coffin in Oxf. ix. 123 ‘I'm over in Gynae now,’ said the nurse.
1964 G. L. Cohen What's Wrong with Hospitals? iv. 75 ‘We didn't come across any horrors,’ said Dr. Duncum..‘unless you count adolescent girls in gynae wards.’
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