PATHOLOGIST Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

pathologist

noun

Definition of pathologist

as in doctor

a medical professional studying diseases and especially one who examines bodies to find out the cause of death

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Recent Examples of pathologist Eight groups challenged the department’s definition in court, representing nurse practitioners, therapists, speech language pathologists and more. — Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 Eight groups challenged the department's definition in court, representing nurse practitioners, therapists, speech language pathologists and more. — ABC News, 29 June 2026 Karen Arace is an independent speech-language pathologist based in Longwood. — Karen Arace, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026 She was likely strangled, the pathologist concluded. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pathologist

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Noun

Then the 1815 Apothecaries’ Act in Britain required doctors to learn botany, and the demand for lectures surged, among both students and interested outsiders.

— Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2026
Jackson and its Miami Transplant Institute, for example, use doctors from the University of Miami Health System.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of doctor

Noun

One inherent issue in all medical specialties is that appropriate treatment is often in the eye of the physician beholder, meaning that specialists create the guidelines for when a treatment is in order.

— Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, CBS News, 13 July 2026
During an 1884 trip to Germany, Boston physician Marie Zakrzewska, one of the very few women doctors in the US, witnessed children having a whale of a time on the sand hills in Berlin’s parks.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 13 July 2026

Definition of physician

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Acumen’s policy will allow patients to request an audience while meeting with a radiologist to determine whether a lump is cancerous or benign.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
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

Definition of radiologist

Noun

These findings could be useful for understanding how modern sleep patterns affect our health, says Sonja Schütz, a neurologist who studies sleep medicine at University of Michigan Health.

— Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 July 2026
Shifters follows Dre, a Brit of Nigerian heritage who comes from a council estate, and Des, the middle-class daughter of a neurologist.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 June 2026

Definition of neurologist

Noun

If food thoughts seem to be causing stress or changing your child’s eating or behavior, reaching out to a pediatrician or mental health professional can help.

— Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 3 July 2026
Upon the advice of the pediatrician, Nara said Lucky took their daughter to the nearest children's hospital.

— Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

Definition of pediatrician

Noun

This year’s programme is our biggest and most ambitious yet – from Almodóvar to Ab Fab, Barbara Hammer to I Kissed A Girl, old classics, new stories, shorts, docs, live comedy, dance shows, parties and exhibitions there’s something for everyone.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 July 2026
On Friday, someone reopens the dashboards, reallocates budget by hand in 20-minute increments stolen between meetings and writes a learning into a doc that may or may not get reused.

— Marvin Abdel-Massih, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of doc

Noun

Cara developed new symptoms over the course of the summer, including unexplained vomiting, and so her parents took her to see an internist in August.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
Vanessa Grubbs, a nephrologist and internist and founder of the nonprofit Black Doc Village, writes in a First Opinion column that the problem may lie with residency programs.

— Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 1 June 2026

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