rheumatologist

American  

[roo-muh-tol-uh-jist] / ˌru məˈtɒl ə dʒɪst /

noun

1. a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.

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Etymology

Origin of rheumatologist

First recorded in 1945–50; rheumatolog(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

Rheumatologist Amr Sawalha of the University of Pittsburgh notes that an interferon-blocking drug approved last year called anifrolumab has already been used to treat lupus.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 27, 2022

Rheumatologist Rex McCallum numbers himself among those who are worried that marketing is turning medicine from a profession into a business.

From Time Magazine Archive

Symptoms of Lyme disease were described in Europe a century ago, but it was not until 1975 that Rheumatologist Allen Steere, then at Yale, made sense of the malady.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Therapeutic man happened to be in Atlantic City at a convention and the Rheumatologist was on vacation, so Wheatley was sent to Functional Clinic instead.

From An Ounce of Cure by Nourse, Alan Edward