cardiologist
Americannoun
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cardiologists
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Explanation
A cardiologist is a heart doctor. He or she is the one to visit if you feel a tightness in your chest and shortness of breath. We know that the suffix -ologist refers to someone who studies some area. To that, we add cardio-, which comes from the Greek kardia, meaning "heart," and we get "someone who studies the heart." The actual study of the heart is called cardiology, with cardiologist coming along a few years later. Besides treating the heart, a cardiologist is also concerned with the circulatory system, including arteries and veins.
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Body Language: Cor, Cord, Cardio ("Heart")
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I was born with a heart defect, so I see a cardiologist every year to check up on it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
If you sit eight hours a day, it takes 13,000 steps a day to completely offset the effects, Dr. William Kraus, a cardiologist at Duke University, told Barron’s.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
Federal prosecutors charged Jason Finkelstein, a board-certified cardiologist, with an alleged $89 million cardiovascular testing scheme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“The word menopause has never been used in a cardiology textbook, ever,” said cardiologist Dr. Jayne Morgan on a recent episode of the podcast Menopunks.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
Reilly’s first act was to turn to the work of a cardiologist named Lee Goldman.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
One legitimate concern among cardiologists, says Blaha, is doctors who may inappropriately use a calcium score to justify doing a procedure, such as putting a stent in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Quantum stocks have been volatile enough to concern shareholders’ cardiologists.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
Endocrinologists, diabetologists, cardiologists, and nephrologists are increasingly prescribing them to overweight patients to improve heart and kidney outcomes - for instance, those preparing for angioplasty or stenting.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
The benefits of going plant-based on health and longevity are increasingly well established and have prompted an eminent cardiologist to remark: "There are two kinds of cardiologists: vegans and those who haven't read the data."
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2025
Within minutes, Miele was on a table in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, awaiting angioplasty to unclog his artery—a procedure that many cardiologists say has become the gold standard in heart attack treatment.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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