Gynecologic pathology

Gynecologic pathology

Gynecologic pathology is the medical pathology subspecialty dealing with the study and diagnosis of disease involving the female genital tract. A physician who practices gynecologic pathology is a gynecologic pathologist. The term originates from the Greek gyno-(gynaikos) meaning "woman" and the suffix -ology, meaning "study of".

See also

*Gynecological pathology, including diseases of the female genital tract and the placenta
*Anatomic pathology
*Cytopathology

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