RADIOLOGIST Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

radiologist

noun

Definition of radiologist

as in doctor

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Recent Examples of radiologist Roughly 15% to 30% of all diagnostic imaging in adult patients contains at least one incidental finding, according to Matthew Davenport, MD, a radiologist at the University of Michigan. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026 Dennis Wulfeck, a radiologist at RadPartners MBB Radiology in Florida. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026 Investigators reinterviewed people connected to the case, consulted an independent pediatric radiologist and obtained additional laboratory analysis. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026 Again, the radiologist recommends follow-up, and again the emergency team appropriately focuses on treating the injuries that brought the patient to the hospital. — Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for radiologist

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Noun

Murphy said doctors diagnosed him with a small hemorrhagic stroke, which is a bleed in the brain.

— Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
As the science continues to advance rapidly, treating metastatic breast cancer is becoming an art, with doctors weighing which treatments to use, in what combinations and in what order, to get the longest benefit.

— Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of doctor

Noun

One particularly promising example is an MRI technique that identifies the central vein sign, a feature that can help physicians distinguish lesions associated with MS from abnormalities caused by other conditions.

— Bruce Bebo, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
The rate of emigration by physicians has nearly doubled since the twenty-tens.

— Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of physician

Noun

The neurologist emphasized that patients should feel comfortable asking questions and getting a second opinion.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
That translates into about one relapse every 13 years, Heinz Wiendl, a neurologist at the University of Freiburg, said while presenting the data from the REMODEL-1 and -2 studies at an MS conference in Toronto.

— Andrew Joseph, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of neurologist

Noun

Jeffrey Millstein is an internist and regional medical director for primary and specialty care at Penn Medicine.

— Jeffrey Millstein, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of internist

Noun

Women taking aromatase inhibitors should make that decision with their gynecologist and oncologist.

— Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 27 Oct. 2026
The Times’ reporting found that Marshall filed lawsuits against more than 700 patients with outstanding bills during his career as an obstetrician-gynecologist and that patients were arrested in 81 of those cases for missing court dates.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of gynecologist

Noun

However, what Patterson says was once uncommon has become a regular occurrence when the Idaho pediatrician is working in a newborn nursery in the southwest region of the state.

— Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Kim Schrier Democrat Kim Schrier was the first pediatrician elected to Congress in 2018.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of pediatrician

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