anesthesiologist
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Origin of anesthesiologist
First recorded in 1940–45; anesthesiolog(y) + -ist
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Anesthesiologist Nick Mondek, 48, was dying of acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer that affects blood-forming cells in the bone marrow.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants licensure in Washington would make a tangible difference for both patients and hospitals.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2023
Anesthesiologist Mokie Shakoor recalls the slowly building thup-thup-thup of applause through a circle of latex gloves.
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2019
Anesthesiologist Joyce Wahr, the director of the University of Minnesota Health Preoperative Assessment Center, researched this phenomenon and found that patients were taken in ahead of time in just 5 to 6 percent of cases.
From Slate • Sep. 6, 2017
Anesthesiologist Lars Eriksson of the Karolinska Institute and University Hospital in Stockholm and colleagues performed positron emission tomography scans on eight men in their 50s and 60s before and after prostate surgery.
From Science Magazine • May 31, 2017
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