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anesthetist

American  
[uh-nes-thi-tist] / əˈnɛs θɪ tɪst /
Or anaesthetist

noun

  1. a person who administers anesthetics, usually a specially trained doctor or nurse.


anesthetist British  
/ əˈnɛsθətɪst /

noun

  1. (in the US) a person qualified to administer anaesthesia, often a nurse or someone other than a physician Compare anesthesiologist

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of anesthetist

First recorded in 1880–85; anesthet(ize) + -ist

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Brecht was placed on probation and prohibited from performing procedures requiring sedation without an anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023

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

Her sister Camille Linton said in a letter to the court that Nicole’s studies to be a nurse anesthetist caused her first mental health breakdown.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Sarah Sellers, 30, finished second at the 2018 Boston Marathon while working as a nurse anesthetist.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2022

He had brought not only his own dresser, but also his own anesthetist, while two competent nurses and another medical man were on the premises.

From The Way of the Strong by Cullum, Ridgwell

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