intensivist

English

Etymology

intensive +‎ -ist

Adjective

intensivist (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to intensive care

Noun

intensivist (plural intensivists)

1. (medicine) A practitioner of intensive care
   • 2013, Peter De Cruz, Comparative Healthcare Law, page 400:

     Adult criteria are inappropriate for infants, but it was found that Dutch doctors sometimes do actively end the life of a child with the specific consent of the parents; a recent survey revealed that as many as 45% of neotologists and intensivists had intentionally done so.

Dutch

Etymology

From intensief +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɛn.ziˈvɪst/

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• Hyphenation: in‧ten‧si‧vist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

intensivist m (plural intensivisten)

1. (medicine) An intensivist, an intensive-care doctor. [from 1980s]