anesthesiologist
noun
an·es·the·si·ol·o·gist
ˌa-nəs-ˌthē-zē-ˈä-lə-jist 
plural anesthesiologists
: anesthetist
specifically
: a physician specializing in anesthesiology
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Unless local anesthesia is used, an anesthesiologist will also be present.
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Scott Sundick, Verywell Health, 3 June 2024
Three years after a 72-year-old lung surgery patient died at then-Kendall Regional Medical Center — and two and a half years after an anesthesiologist’s insurance paid $1 million — that doctor learned his punishment from Florida’s Board of Medicine.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024
An anesthesiologist who specializes in pain management before, during, and after surgery administers an epidural.
—Samantha Lauriello, Health, 26 May 2024
Stalls was the anesthesiologist for the bronchoscopy, a procedure to look inside the lungs and air passages.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024
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Scott Sundick, Verywell Health, 3 June 2024
Three years after a 72-year-old lung surgery patient died at then-Kendall Regional Medical Center — and two and a half years after an anesthesiologist’s insurance paid $1 million — that doctor learned his punishment from Florida’s Board of Medicine.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024
An anesthesiologist who specializes in pain management before, during, and after surgery administers an epidural.
—Samantha Lauriello, Health, 26 May 2024
Stalls was the anesthesiologist for the bronchoscopy, a procedure to look inside the lungs and air passages.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024
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anesthesiologist
noun
an·es·the·si·ol·o·gist
ˌan-əs-ˌthē-zē-ˈäl-ə-jist
: anesthetist
especially
: a doctor specializing in giving anesthetics to patients
Medical Definition
anesthesiologist
noun
an·es·the·si·ol·o·gist
variants
or chiefly British anaesthesiologist
: anesthetist
specifically
: a physician specializing in anesthesiology
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