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internist

[ in-tur-nist, in-tur-nist ]

noun

  1. a physician specializing in the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, especially of adults.


internist

/ ɪnˈtɜːnɪst; ˈɪntɜːnɪst /

noun

  1. a physician who specializes in internal medicine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of internist1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; intern(al medicine) + -ist
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Chestnut is putting his “bad doctor” days behind him, taking on a new specialty as a compassionate geneticist and internist in CBS’ medical drama “Watson,” a modern reboot of the Sherlock Holmes mythology.

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Fox’s “Doc,” which premiered Tuesday, stars Molly Parker as Dr. Amy Larsen, a Minneapolis internist who loses eight years of memory in a car crash but keeps on keeping on.

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He is an internist who practices in Malabar, Florida, where his physician page notes interests in managing hypertension and high cholesterol, treating diabetes, and providing preventive care, among others.

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Pieter Cohen, a Harvard Medical School professor and internist at the Cambridge Health Alliance, says he might have been “wholeheartedly supportive” of Makary’s nomination—if it had occurred before the pandemic.

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Trump has nominated Dr. David Weldon an internist and former GOP congressman from Florida to head the CDC.

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