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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
That could be a risky scenario, because air turbulence could dislodge a child from an adult’s arms, the pediatricians say.
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Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The pediatrician will talk to your child and also perform a physical exam to determine what, exactly, is going on.
—Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
While some kids naturally have more energy than others, persistent fatigue is worth discussing with a pediatrician.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 20 Mar. 2025
With brains and beauty, this pediatrician currently works at four hospitals and is very passionate about her career.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The pediatrician will talk to your child and also perform a physical exam to determine what, exactly, is going on.
—Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
While some kids naturally have more energy than others, persistent fatigue is worth discussing with a pediatrician.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 20 Mar. 2025
With brains and beauty, this pediatrician currently works at four hospitals and is very passionate about her career.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pediatrician
Noun
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My doctors have warned me to pay attention to symptoms for any long-term effects.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Frequent bouts of rheumatic fever left the kid’s heart so weakened that one childhood doctor predicted a lifespan of 16 years.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2025
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In perpetrator countries, most people were passive witnesses, but there was also considerable participation by elites including artists, university professors, Catholic and Protestant clergy, media moguls, business leaders, and even physicians.—
Robert Williams,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
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To provide the best maternity care, nurses and physicians have to listen to their patients.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Recently, neurologists have set out to find the part of the brain where this change in perception occurs.—
Jorge Garay,
Wired News,
19 Apr. 2025
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The vascular neurologist treated her with thrombolysis, a medicine used to dissolve blood clots.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Karen Brown/New England Public Media Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts for about 10 years.—
Karen Brown,
NPR,
28 Mar. 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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Kering Foundation has supported La Maison des Femmes — a care center in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis for women in difficulty or victims of violence — since it was founded in 2016 by obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Ghada Hatem.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Lucca’s obstetrician might not have known to send her to genetics; her geneticist might not have been familiar with the IDENTIFY study.—
Laura Hercher,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2025
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Photo: 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection Jeremy Irons gives his career-best performance as Elliot and Beverly, a pair of successful gynecologists who run a Toronto practice together.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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For the recent study, 150 Swiss women with an average age of 25 were recruited from gynecologists’ practices and the University Hospital Basel’s gynecology outpatient clinic between March 2018 and December 2020.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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When to See an Eye Specialist Your primary care provider may refer you to an ophthalmologist, a medical doctor who is experienced in diagnosing and treating eye diseases, including performing surgery.—
Lana Barhum,
Verywell Health,
7 Apr. 2025
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Her surgery was performed by Dr. Greg Moloney, an ophthalmologist at Providence Health Care in Vancouver who's previously carried out the tooth-in-eye procedure on seven patients in his home country of Australia.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Mar. 2025
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Your primary care doctor or ob-gyn can also refer you to a specialist like a urologist or urogynecologist who can assess whether something bigger might be going on, Dr. White says.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
17 Mar. 2025
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Even so, these and other natural remedies can support standard treatments if used under the direction of a urologist, a medical doctor specializing in urinary tract conditions.—
Robert Burakoff,
Verywell Health,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Pediatrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pediatrician. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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