internist

noun

in·​ter·​nist ˈin-ˌtər-nist How to pronounce internist (audio)
: a specialist in internal medicine

Examples of internist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lisa Shah is an internist and the chief medical officer of Twin Health, a health AI company using digital twin technology to reverse and prevent metabolic diseases. Lisa Shah, STAT, 28 Mar. 2024 Multivitamins and mineral supplements are generally safe and are recommended for certain groups of people, according to Pieter Cohen, associate professor at Harvard Medical School and an internist at Cambridge Health Alliance. Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024 Caleb Alexander, a Johns Hopkins internist who served on the FDA’s advisory panel for Relyvrio in 2022, recalled advocates bringing up the agency’s approval of an Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, the year before despite a panel of experts rejecting it. Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024 Thus far, Hendrickson had managed to keep the details of Castro’s autopsy under wraps—how the internist had discovered an inexplicable mass of cells lodged in Castro’s aorta. Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2024 Martha Bonnie Diamond was born on May 1, 1944, in Manhattan to Norman Diamond, an internist, and Lillian (Levine) Diamond, a homemaker. Will Heinrich, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024 Average annual compensation for doctors who focus on primary care — family medicine, internists, and pediatricians — ranges from an average of about $250,000 to $275,000, according to Medscape's annual physician compensation report. Michelle Andrews, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2023 Fatima Syed, an internist at Duke University School of Medicine who focuses on weight management and primary care, says that anecdotally, some of her younger patients have asked about laxative teas after seeing advertisements for them on Instagram. Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2023 An internist, a psychiatrist, a surgeon and a pathologist go duck hunting. Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of internist was in 1894

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“Internist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internist. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

internist

noun
in·​ter·​nist ˈin-ˌtər-nəst How to pronounce internist (audio)
: a physician who specializes in internal medicine

Medical Definition

internist

noun
in·​ter·​nist ˈin-ˌtər-nəst How to pronounce internist (audio)
: a specialist in internal medicine especially as distinguished from a surgeon
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