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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
Iron is important for proper development and many babies are often deficient, the report said, so consult a pediatrician about adding iron-rich foods.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
Those other programs often offer hotlines to mental health services, but not access to a mental health professional embedded in a pediatrician’s office.
—Katelynn Winebrenner, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2025
The review – known as the Cass Review for Dr. Hilary Cass, the pediatrician who conducted it – and its methodology have come under sharp criticism from some scholars and practitioners.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
To drive vaccination rates up, Lo and Schaffner recommend that parents who haven't vaccinated their children yet speak to their pediatrician to address their concerns.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2025
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
Those other programs often offer hotlines to mental health services, but not access to a mental health professional embedded in a pediatrician’s office.
—Katelynn Winebrenner, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2025
The review – known as the Cass Review for Dr. Hilary Cass, the pediatrician who conducted it – and its methodology have come under sharp criticism from some scholars and practitioners.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
To drive vaccination rates up, Lo and Schaffner recommend that parents who haven't vaccinated their children yet speak to their pediatrician to address their concerns.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pediatrician
Noun
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The Franciscan Health building at 770 Indian Boundary Road houses the Emergency Department and doctors’ offices.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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Able to create personalized recommendations, Perfect Corp. works with brands to recommend products and has expanded into med-spas and aesthetic clinics to work with doctors.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
21 May 2025
Noun
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By then, Bustamante had found a new passion, going back to school to become a physician’s assistant.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2025
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As things stand right now, people with cognitive issues will usually see their primary care physician, get a referral, then have to wait for months to see a specialist, Kolachalama says.—
Korin Miller,
Flow Space,
28 May 2025
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And yet, for most patients, monitoring the disease is still anchored in short, infrequent visits to a neurologist’s office.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Doctors referred him to a pediatric neurologist for an appointment a little over a week later, the suit said, but the family came back to the ER four days after their first visit with worsening symptoms.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 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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David Cronenberg’s coolly perverse Dead Ringers dissects the entangled psyche of identical twin gynecologists, Beverly and Elliot Mantle (an iconic dual performance by Jeremy Irons).—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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One of a handful of practicing physicians in the state legislature, Weber Pierson is leaning heavily on her experience as a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist who treats children with reproductive birth defects — one of only two in Southern California.—
Kaiser Health News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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For five months in 2017, farmworker Alka Kamble experienced blurred vision in one of her eyes but didn’t consult an ophthalmologist.—
Sanket Jain,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 May 2025
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An ophthalmologist is an eye doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating eye conditions.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
7 May 2025
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Depending on their training, clinical judgment and professional guidelines, their approach may differ slightly from my take as a urologist.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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Some urologists were surprised that the 82-year-old underwent prostate cancer screening at all, according to Dr. Gounder, because routine screening in men over 75 is controversial.—
Jordan Freiman,
CBS News,
18 May 2025
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“Pediatrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pediatrician. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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