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also pediatrist
as in doctor
a medical professional who treats babies and children
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Recent Examples of pediatrician
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that pediatricians ask patients and/or parents about substance use in the family in order to educate them about the risks of substance use and connect families to treatment when needed.
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Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 13 May 2025
Do a Google search (finding links without clear guidance), leave a voicemail message for the pediatrician (unanswered until the next morning) or drive to the ER (wait an hour or more to be seen).
—Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Kennedy, the pediatrician, said guarding against exposure can be exceedingly difficult because someone who has been infected with measles can appear asymptomatic for up to four days before developing a rash.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2025
Kevin Anderson, once a respected pediatrician, got to know Burns when he was incarcerated — also for murder.
—Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley, CBS News, 4 May 2025
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Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 13 May 2025
Do a Google search (finding links without clear guidance), leave a voicemail message for the pediatrician (unanswered until the next morning) or drive to the ER (wait an hour or more to be seen).
—Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Kennedy, the pediatrician, said guarding against exposure can be exceedingly difficult because someone who has been infected with measles can appear asymptomatic for up to four days before developing a rash.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2025
Kevin Anderson, once a respected pediatrician, got to know Burns when he was incarcerated — also for murder.
—Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley, CBS News, 4 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pediatrician
Noun
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This incident directly led to a rule change, giving doctors the final authority over player removal, rather than the manager.—
Geoff Scott,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Still, the only advice for men for now is to talk the issue over carefully with their doctors.—
Ronnie Cohen,
NPR,
21 May 2025
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While physicians don’t have a definitive answer as to why heart failure typically causes cognitive decline, the following factors may play a role: Changes to the heart.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
Health,
16 May 2025
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There are several reasons why these conditions go untreated and undetected—and many of them can be linked to inconvenience, maternal-fetal medicine physicians from some of America's best maternity hospitals told Newsweek.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
Noun
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And yet, for most patients, monitoring the disease is still anchored in short, infrequent visits to a neurologist’s office.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Doctors referred him to a pediatric neurologist for an appointment a little over a week later, the suit said, but the family came back to the ER four days after their first visit with worsening symptoms.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Karen Brown/New England Public Media Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts for about 10 years.—
Karen Brown,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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His childhood was spent roaming the halls of the large brick hospital where his mother worked as an internist.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
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Kering Foundation has supported La Maison des Femmes — a care center in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis for women in difficulty or victims of violence — since it was founded in 2016 by obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Ghada Hatem.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Lucca’s obstetrician might not have known to send her to genetics; her geneticist might not have been familiar with the IDENTIFY study.—
Laura Hercher,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2025
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Armstrong-Jones was accompanied by his best man, Roger Gilliatt, who was the son of the Queen's gynecologist, according to The New York Times.—
Ariana Quihuiz,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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In the 1950s, a Sargent scholar wrote that the American beauty, who was married to a French banker, had an affair with her gynecologist, Samuel-Jean Pozzi, whom Sargent famously painted in a crimson cloak.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Your ophthalmologist can recommend the best lenses for you.—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
26 Apr. 2025
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Photodynamic Therapy Another option for wet AMD is photodynamic therapy, which ophthalmologists often use alongside anti-VEGF injections.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
7 Apr. 2025
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The detection of a nodule in the prostate typically leads to additional tests by a urologist to rule out prostate cancer.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Representative Murphy is a urologist who still regularly treats patients in Greenville.—
Joseph Goldstein,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Pediatrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pediatrician. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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