anesthesiologist
noun
an·es·the·si·ol·o·gist
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plural anesthesiologists
Definition of anesthesiologist
: anesthetist
specifically
: a physician specializing in anesthesiology
Examples of anesthesiologist in a Sentence
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Barris and his wife, an anesthesiologist, married in 1999 and have six kids. — Rachel Yang, EW.com, "black-ish creator Kenya Barris and Rania 'Rainbow' Barris divorcing after 20 years," 13 Aug. 2019 Cardiologists who perform procedures ($648,000), and anesthesiologists ($404,000) feasted from increases of between 9% and 10%. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, "Trouble Seeing a Specialist? Here’s What’s Driving the ‘Doctor Draught’," 15 July 2019 Nonprofits say a big reason patients suffer is outsized bills from doctors, such as anesthesiologists, who are out of a patient’s insurance network but work at the facility. — Stephanie Armour, WSJ, "When Patients Can’t Pay, Many Hospitals Are Suing," 25 June 2019 There’s Airway Ex targeted to anesthesiologists, Gastro Ex for gastroenterologists, Pulm Ex for pulmonologists, and Cardio Ex for cardiologists. — Edward Baig, USA TODAY, "Your doctor may be playing medical video games at work. That could be good for your health," 12 June 2019 In many specialty categories, the surge was stunning: The number of searches jumped from 24 to 148 for radiologists, from 36 to 86 for cardiologists, and 18 to 70 for anesthesiologists. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, "Trouble Seeing a Specialist? Here’s What’s Driving the ‘Doctor Draught’," 15 July 2019 The 2018 data showed that anesthesiologists make the most of the 804 occupations tracked, with an average annual salary of about $267,000. — Dan Kopf, Quartz, "Which jobs make the most money?," 24 June 2019 Harris was called in for both his cave diving expertise and his medical skills, being only one of only two known cave-diving anesthesiologists in the world. — National Geographic, "The untold story of the daring cave divers who saved the Thai soccer team," 4 Mar. 2019 Sometimes, a gas anesthetic can cause one’s heart rate or blood pressure to go up or down, but again, these are expected effects, and your anesthesiologist is continuously monitoring for them. — Ronald S. Litman, Philly.com, "Should I worry about my child being allergic to anesthesia?," 9 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'anesthesiologist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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anesthesiologist
noun
English Language Learners Definition of anesthesiologist
US, medical
: a doctor who specializes in anesthesia and anesthetics
See the full definition for anesthesiologist in the English Language Learners Dictionary
anesthesiologist
noun
an·es·the·si·ol·o·gist
variants:
or chiefly British anaesthesiologist \ ˌan-əs-ˌthē-zē-ˈäl-ə-jəst
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Medical Definition of anesthesiologist
: anesthetist
specifically
: a physician specializing in anesthesiology