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
  • Schwartz was a tall, handsome kid from New York, the son of a doctor.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • However, doctors at the hospital soon discovered that Sendler had rhabdomyolysis, a rare muscle injury that causes the muscles in a person’s body to break down.
    — Sean Neumann, People.com, 21 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
  • Rob Morrow stars as an NYC physician who is forced to relocate to Anchorage, Alaska.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of physician
Noun
  • Worried, the teen's parents took him to a series of doctors to figure out what was wrong, until a pediatric neurologist finally suspected a condition called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE.
    — Maria Godoy, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Speak with a neurologist or headache specialist about whether Botox is a potential and reasonable therapy for your migraine care.
    — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 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
  • Liles, the obstetrician, also stressed the importance of involving trusted adults, but said minors don’t always feel comfortable engaging parents in those conversations, and that’s why the provisions in H.B. 7213 are necessary.
    — Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The Highland Park obstetrician doesn’t know if there can be any justice after such a heinous act, which left seven dead, four dozen injured and an entire community terrorized and upended.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 24 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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