anesthesiologist
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anesthesiologists
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noun
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Origin of anesthesiologist
First recorded in 1940–45; anesthesiolog(y) + -ist
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Marek Domanski, 67, a pediatric anesthesiologist in Fresno, Calif., who also has a home in Boise, Idaho.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
He was described as a former anesthesiologist, a “master yachtsman” and “world traveler.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
There was the bill for the OB-GYN who helped deliver my baby and the anesthesiologist who gave me my epidural.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2026
The anesthesiologist said he made enough to afford it, "but I've seen a lot of my friends complaining about it that they're not gonna drive as much as they used to."
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
John Taske, at fifty-six the oldest member of our group, was an anesthesiologist from Brisbane who’d taken up climbing after retiring from the Australian army.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Dr. Muhsen Abdullah, the surgeon who heads the emergency room, spoke with a weary tone of a ward without surgical thread or stitches, and anesthesiologists forced to ask patients to purchase their own anesthetic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
Outside of Tokyo and other big cities, access to epidurals is hampered by a lack of anesthesiologists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
Patients come to the main U-M medical campus around eight times during the span of a month for infusions under the care of psychiatrists, anesthesiologists and other clinicians.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
Nurses, techs, OB residents and attendings, anesthesiologists, and Joe, with Hannah tucked against his chest in a warm football hold.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2023
No obstetricians, no anesthesiologists, no fancy monitoring devices.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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