gynæcium

[GYNECEUM.] *gyn-ӕ-coc-ra-çỹ, *găn-ě-coc-ra-çř, *gyual-koc-ra-çỹ, s. [Gr. gynaikokratia , from gynē (gen it. gynaikos ) =a woman, and krateō =to rule.] Female rule or government; government by a woman. "Bachofen has misinterpreted many of the facts bearing on ancient gynaikocracy." -McLennan: Studies in Primitive History , p. 419. gyn-a-col-ô-gỹ, gỹn-ě-col-ô-gỹ, s. [Gr. gynë (gen it. gynaikos ) =a woman, and logos a discourse or treatise.] Med.: A treatise on, or the doctrine of, the nature and diseases of women.