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

Word History and Origins

Origin of internist¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; intern(al medicine) + -ist

Example Sentences

His father, a respected internist, modeled a deep sense of medical dedication and the value of collaboration in research.

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“I have never seen surgeons, pediatricians, internists, family physicians, all of us, I can count all the specialties, come together like this,” Alissa said.

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The board-certified internist asserted her authority by wielding data, what she called “brute force” and the soft persuasion of an occasional gift of an orchid, picked from her garden in suburban Maryland.

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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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