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

As more awareness of the disease grows, a radiologist might look at a CT scan and notice a similar pattern of inflammation or swelling across multiple organ systems that put IgG4-RD into a diagnosis differential. —David Oliver, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025

An interventional radiologist, guided by MRI, releases the chemotherapy agent directly into the artery feeding the retina. —Dayna Copeland, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025

Without more evidence, the leading associations of radiologists, the American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America, haven’t recommended whole-body MRIs for the average healthy person. —Matt Fuchs, Time, 9 Apr. 2025

What came next felt like a whirlwind: a mammogram, an ultrasound, then a call from the radiologist urging her to get a biopsy immediately. —George Ramsay, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for radiologist

• anthropologist
• archaeologist
• audiologist
• cardiologist
• criminologist
• dermatologist
• entomologist
• genealogist
• gerontologist
• gynaecologist
• gynecologist
• musicologist

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