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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
Your best bet is to check with your doctor or your children’s pediatrician.
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Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Walid Al-Zaim's mother shows a photo of his frostbitten foot to pediatricians on Tuesday at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025
Someone is infectious from before symptoms show, until four days after the rash appears, said Dr. Ari Brown, a pediatrician in Austin.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
And the parent whisperer for their generation of digital natives, raised with easy access to all human knowledge, is not a pediatrician, psychiatrist or physician of any kind.
—Robin Abcarian Los Angeles Times, arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025
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Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Walid Al-Zaim's mother shows a photo of his frostbitten foot to pediatricians on Tuesday at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025
Someone is infectious from before symptoms show, until four days after the rash appears, said Dr. Ari Brown, a pediatrician in Austin.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
And the parent whisperer for their generation of digital natives, raised with easy access to all human knowledge, is not a pediatrician, psychiatrist or physician of any kind.
—Robin Abcarian Los Angeles Times, arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pediatrician
Noun
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Tort-reform advocates were backed by powerful interest groups, such as the Texas Association of Business and Texans for Lawsuit Reform, which was made up of large insurers, doctors, construction companies, and retailers.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Her doctor, not you, should discuss making those changes with her and the reasons for it.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2025
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One analysis from the AMA found that the number of physicians working in private practice dropped by 13 percentage points — from 60 percent to 46.7 percent — between 2012 and 2022.—
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech,
The Hill,
7 Mar. 2025
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This is true even in households where both spouses work as physicians.—
Christopher M. Worsham,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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The Role of Diet in Easing MS Symptoms For Kalina Sanders, MD, a neurologist and director of the Comprehensive MS Clinic at Baptist Health in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, the study reinforces how important dietary habits are for MS management.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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He’s been able to share advice with other epileptic patients through social media, and with another young epileptic ballplayer who connected through their neurologist.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Orange County Register,
27 Feb. 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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Medical teams including orthopedists, internists and sports psychologists must continually review the best available literature, treatment, and strength and conditioning strategies in order to reduce player injury and optimize their health.—
Lipi Roy, MD,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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In consultation with Gemmill and more than a dozen other maternal health researchers and obstetricians, ProPublica built a framework for analyzing Texas hospital discharge data from 2017 to 2023, the most recent full year available.—
CNN,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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In 1993, another woman gave birth to a daughter on the No. 3 train while on her way to an obstetrician’s appointment.—
Liam Stack,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Thankfully, my gynecologist confirmed shortly thereafter that there was nothing to worry about.—
Nicola Dall'Asen,
Allure,
12 Mar. 2025
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In August, the department hired a local gynecologist, Dr. Antonio Pullano, 36, to a $175,000-a-year post as associate commissioner of operations.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Of course anyone familiar with Cave, whose directorial debut Fresh established her as a filmmaker to watch, will know that Fred, the town’s ophthalmologist, is certainly hiding a secret.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
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Your ophthalmologist will prescribe eye drops to prevent infection and reduce swelling.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
9 Mar. 2025
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The Ninth Circuit opinion relied on the urologist’s claim that gender confirmation surgery was necessarily limiting.—
Natalie Shibley / Made by History,
TIME,
21 Feb. 2025
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Booth met with a colorectal surgeon and a urologist.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Pediatrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pediatrician. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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