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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
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that pediatricians ask patients and/or parents about substance use in the family in order to educate them about the risks of substance use and connect families to treatment when needed.
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Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 13 May 2025
Do a Google search (finding links without clear guidance), leave a voicemail message for the pediatrician (unanswered until the next morning) or drive to the ER (wait an hour or more to be seen).
—Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Kennedy, the pediatrician, said guarding against exposure can be exceedingly difficult because someone who has been infected with measles can appear asymptomatic for up to four days before developing a rash.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2025
Kevin Anderson, once a respected pediatrician, got to know Burns when he was incarcerated — also for murder.
—Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley, CBS News, 4 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pediatrician
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Novant Health is incorporating mental health into other aspects of medical care to try to improve rates of early intervention, including asking questions about mental health during check-ups and increasing mental health staffing at doctor’s offices throughout the region.—
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This incident directly led to a rule change, giving doctors the final authority over player removal, rather than the manager.—
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Treatments must be administered by a doctor or a physician’s assistant, nurse practitioner, or health care professional with a master’s or doctorate level training in acupuncture and a state license to practice acupuncture.—
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There are several reasons why these conditions go untreated and undetected—and many of them can be linked to inconvenience, maternal-fetal medicine physicians from some of America's best maternity hospitals told Newsweek.—
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And yet, for most patients, monitoring the disease is still anchored in short, infrequent visits to a neurologist’s office.—
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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.—
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Karen Brown/New England Public Media Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts for about 10 years.—
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His childhood was spent roaming the halls of the large brick hospital where his mother worked as an internist.—
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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.—
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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.—
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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).—
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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.—
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Your ophthalmologist can recommend the best lenses for you.—
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Photodynamic Therapy Another option for wet AMD is photodynamic therapy, which ophthalmologists often use alongside anti-VEGF injections.—
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The detection of a nodule in the prostate typically leads to additional tests by a urologist to rule out prostate cancer.—
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Representative Murphy is a urologist who still regularly treats patients in Greenville.—
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“Pediatrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pediatrician. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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