radiologist

noun

Definition of radiologistnext
as in doctor

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Recent Examples of radiologist About 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, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for radiologist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for radiologist
  1. doctor
  2. physician
  3. pathologist
  4. neurologist
  5. urologist
  6. internist
  7. gynecologist
  8. pediatrician
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
  • Andrews, the Senate’s first female physician and first pediatrician, credits her stance on gun control to her experience treating children who have unintentionally shot themselves after finding an unsecured firearm.
    — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Since Melanie Federline’s arrest, details in the arrest warrant about loose pills and the use of allergy medicine in the home as a sleep aid have alarmed physicians and child welfare experts.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of physician
Noun
  • Perez-Biliskov, 36, is a medical speech-language pathologist.
    — Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The infant’s death was a homicide caused by suffocation, according to a Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office pathologist.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of pathologist
Noun
  • Dane then met with another neurologist, who sadly couldn’t provide any answers.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Edo Richard, a neurologist in the Netherlands who serves on an independent advisory group to the European Medicines Agency, balks at that distinction.
    — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of neurologist
Noun
  • My second-opinion urologist had told me in 2010 to hold off on treatment.
    — Howard Wolinsky, STAT, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Start with a urologist, who has specialized training in treating UTIs and understands that the bladder is part of an interconnected genitourinary system.
    — Meghan Rabbitt, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of urologist
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
  • Kelly Morrison Obstetrician-gynecologist Kelly Morrison won a second term in Minnesota’s third district.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Women taking aromatase inhibitors should make that decision with their gynecologist and oncologist.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 27 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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“Radiologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radiologist. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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