pediatrician

noun

variants also pediatrist
Definition of pediatriciannext
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. — 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 See All Example Sentences for pediatrician
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pediatrician
  1. doctor
  2. physician
  3. neurologist
  4. internist
  5. obstetrician
  6. gynecologist
  7. ophthalmologist
  8. urologist
Noun
  • Her doctor, not you, should discuss making those changes with her and the reasons for it.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
  • For many Americans, planning a doctor’s appointment comes with logistical headaches: taking a day off from work; scheduling months in advance; dealing with insurance coverage and related costs.
    — Barbara Rodriguez and Kate Sosin, Them, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • Taking Control Over Healthcare And Finances FD consulted with her father’s primary care physician, who had not been in communication with other physicians who were giving multiple prescriptions to AF.
    — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Under the law, the procedure must be performed by a licensed physician.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of physician
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of neurologist
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of internist
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of obstetrician
Noun
  • Thankfully, my gynecologist confirmed shortly thereafter that there was nothing to worry about.
    — Nicola Dall'Asen, Allure, 12 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Definition of gynecologist
Noun
  • 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
  • Your ophthalmologist will prescribe eye drops to prevent infection and reduce swelling.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of ophthalmologist
Noun
  • Enraged at her parents for having followed the advice of the urologist, Kristi would soon leave Baton Rouge.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to hearing from Ambrose directly, the film features interviews with Colapinto, the urologist who performed Ambrose’s surgery, intersex activists, and archival footage of Money, who died in 2006.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of urologist

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