urologist

noun

urol·​o·​gist yu̇-ˈrä-lə-jist How to pronounce urologist (audio)
: a physician who specializes in the urinary or urogenital tract
urology noun

Examples of urologist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In that study, Justin Dubin, a urologist at the Memorial Healthcare System in Florida, posed as an online mystery shopper. Michael Scaturro, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2024 The Canadian surgeon and urologist Balfour Mount is considered the father of palliative care in North America. Anand Kumar, STAT, 27 Feb. 2024 Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP - Getty Images file Whether prostate cancer is, in fact, more common in Black men than other groups remains an open question, said Dr. Abhinav Khanna, a urologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Lauren Dunn, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024 Screening with urologists or primary care doctors is important for early detection and early treatment if required, said Dr. Arvin George, director of prostate cancer programs at Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Brady Urological Institute. Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024 Jeremy Morton-Maxson received distressing news on Sept. 2, 2022, when the urologist who conducted his surgery informed him that the hospital had misplaced his tumor A lawsuit filed in Washington alleges that a hospital removed a potentially cancerous bladder tumor from a man before misplacing it. Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2023 My urologist recently recommended a low-oxalate diet to mitigate stone recurrence. Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 4 May 2023 A lot of the issue of getting a semi- hard on can come down to psychological or environmental reasons, explains Jamin Brahmbhatt, M.D., a urologist at Orlando Health. Alisa Hrustic, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023 The possibility of prostate inflammation is considered by a urologist before a biopsy. Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of urologist was in 1879

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“Urologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urologist. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

urologist

noun
urol·​o·​gist yu̇-ˈräl-ə-jəst How to pronounce urologist (audio)
: a physician who specializes in urology

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