anesthetist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of anesthetist
First recorded in 1880–85; anesthet(ize) + -ist
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State Republican Rep. Taylor Rehfeldt, a nurse anesthetist, said she decided to propose the informational video after hearing from physicians about the ongoing confusion.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
Dr. Yurik Mkrtchyan, 32, an anesthetist, was among more than 2,000 taken prisoner after battles at the Ilyich steel plant in Mariupol in April last year, many of them wounded soldiers he was caring for.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Lauren DeAngelis, 58, now a nurse anesthetist in Northern Virginia, became a lifeguard the year after Marson.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2022
Harry’s a very successful anesthetist and emergency doctor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
Under any circumstances it is understood that the anesthetist must be an expert, as there can be no carelessness and nothing but the best of judgment in causing anesthesia when there is cardiac defect.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
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