intensivist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

intensive +‎ -ist

Adjective[edit]

intensivist (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to intensive care

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From intensief +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪn.tɛn.ziˈvɪst/
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  • Hyphenation: in‧ten‧si‧vist
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun[edit]

intensivist m (plural intensivisten)

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