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ANESTHESIOLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anesthesiologist mean?
• ANESTHESIOLOGIST (noun)
The noun ANESTHESIOLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated
Familiarity information: ANESTHESIOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
anaesthetist; anesthesiologist; anesthetist
Hypernyms ("anesthesiologist" is a kind of...):
medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)
Derivation:
anesthesiology (the branch of medical science that studies and applies anesthetics)
Context examples
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) - a registered nurse who provides anesthetics to patients in collaboration with surgeons, anesthesiologists, dentists, podiatrists, and other qualified healthcare professionals.
(Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, NCI Thesaurus)
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