hospitalist

[ hos-pi-tl-ist ]

noun
  1. a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients; a specialist in inpatient medicine.

Origin of hospitalist

1
1990–95; hospital + -ist

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British Dictionary definitions for hospitalist

hospitalist

/ (ˈhɒspɪtəˌlɪst) /


noun
  1. US a doctor who works in a hospital

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