radiologist

noun

ra·​di·​ol·​o·​gist ˌrā-dē-ˈä-lə-jist 

: a physician specializing in medical radiology

Examples of radiologist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Before the crash, Patel worked as a radiologist at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Some physicians skeptical of using Midjourney for widespread cancer screening have raised legitimate questions about whether radiologists can interpret potentially vast new data sets from scanners that are not yet FDA approved. — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Her father, Constantine Metreweli, was a radiologist who served in the British Army Medical Unit. — Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026

Nearby sits a family of Chaldean Christians exiled from Iraq—an anxious archeologist, his pregnant radiologist wife, and his imperious mother, who bought a bulletproof Maybach to transport her daughter-in-law to the hospital for the delivery. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for radiologist

• apologist
• biologist
• ecologist
• ethnologist
• geologist
• hydrologist
• neurologist
• oncologist
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• psychologist
• technologist

Medical Definition

radiologist

noun

ra·​di·​ol·​o·​gist ˌrād-ē-ˈäl-ə-jəst 

: a physician specializing in the use of radiant energy for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes