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The g is "hard" as in the name Guy. The rest should just flow off the tongue.

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The pronunciation that starts with a "J" sound as in "gym" or Gypsy" is also correct, but only doctors and scientists use it when talking to each other.

enoonForvo The pronunciation that starts with a "J" sound as in "gym" or Gypsy" is also correct, but only doctors and scientists use it when talking to each other.

Do you have any idea of the source of that difference? Dictionaries offer both pronunciations, but I've always heard the guy pronunciation and had no idea that doctors use the ji pron

I believe it has to do with transliteration from Greek, which is the root of many medical terms. The hard "G" is unwarranted in any event, when you look at it. The other words in the Greek "gy" are soft—gymnasium, gymnosperm, misogyny—as are the English ones, for that matter—gypsum, gyrate, gyrfalcon.

Anonymous word gynocologist pronounce in audio

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gynecology

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