as in doctor
chiefly US
a medical professional who treats injuries and diseases of the foot
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for podiatrist
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 -
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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Treatments must be administered by a doctor or a physician’s assistant, nurse practitioner, or health care professional with a master’s or doctorate level training in acupuncture and a state license to practice acupuncture.—
Diane Omdahl,
Forbes.com,
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
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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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Lee will have a follow-up with team orthopedist Ken Akizuki for another exam, as well.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
17 Mar. 2025
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My orthopedist said almost all seniors have some arthritis.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Dec. 2024
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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
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Zervas, who is a licensed optometrist, pleaded guilty in March to fraudulently overbilling the state’s Medicaid program over the course of more than five years.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2025
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The life skills teacher is a devoted mom to her son Harry (Jude Hill) and wife to a successful optometrist Fred (Matthew Macfadyen).—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 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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At the hospital, Quinn followed up with a neurologist, who confirmed the severity of his injury via an MRI.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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The boy's neurologists believe this is the first time opsoclonus associated with SSPE has been caught on video.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
5 May 2025
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“Podiatrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/podiatrist. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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