MEDICAL SPECIALIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does medical specialist mean? 

• MEDICAL SPECIALIST (noun)
  The noun MEDICAL SPECIALIST has 1 sense:

1. practices one branch of medicine

  Familiarity information: MEDICAL SPECIALIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDICAL SPECIALIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Practices one branch of medicine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

medical specialist; specialist

Hypernyms ("medical specialist" is a kind of...):

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "medical specialist"):

hygienist (a medical specialist in hygiene)

urologist (a specialist in urology)

rheumatologist (a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases)

radiologist; radiotherapist (a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease)

radiographer (a person who makes radiographs)

head-shrinker; psychiatrist; shrink (a physician who specializes in psychiatry)

proctologist (a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus)

orthoptist (a specialist in orthoptics)

orthopaedist; orthopedist (a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children))

eye doctor; oculist; ophthalmologist (a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye)

oncologist (a specialist in oncology)

accoucheur; obstetrician (a physician specializing in obstetrics)

brain doctor; neurologist (a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it)

internist (a specialist in internal medicine)

anaesthetist; anesthesiologist; anesthetist (a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated)

haematologist; hematologist (a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs)

gynaecologist; gynecologist; woman's doctor (a specialist in gynecology)

geriatrician; gerontologist (a specialist in gerontology)

ear-nose-and-throat doctor; ENT man; otolaryngologist; otorhinolaryngologist; rhinolaryngologist (a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat)

endocrinologist (physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system)

embryologist (a physician who specializes in embryology)

ear doctor; ear specialist; otologist (a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases)

diplomate (medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group)

diagnostician; pathologist (a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis)

dermatologist; skin doctor (a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin)

chiropodist; foot doctor; podiatrist (a specialist in care for the feet)

cardiologist; heart specialist; heart surgeon (a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart)

baby doctor; paediatrician; pediatrician; pediatrist (a specialist in the care of babies)

 Context examples 

Preventing new patients from becoming addicted to opioids may have a greater effect on the opioid epidemic than providing sustained treatment to patients already addicted, emergency medical specialist Demetrios Kyriacou wrote in the Journal.

(Study: Common Painkillers as Effective as Opioids in Hospital Emergency Room, VOA)