anesthetist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of anesthetist
First recorded in 1880–85; anesthet(ize) + -ist
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Haxby-Jones had worked for 20 years as a nurse anesthetist before she resigned her post in 1999.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
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
It may be necessary, especially in the case of children, for the little patients to become familiar with the anesthetist.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
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