Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A physician specializing in anesthesiology.
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- noun A
physician who specializes inanesthesiology and administersanesthesia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated
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Examples
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If your child should need surgery, make sure the anesthesiologist is particularly trained in “pediatric anesthesia”.
Surgery Concerns for Children « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting 2009
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I contacted an anesthesiologist from the pain control service (though he said that they were no longer accepting Medicaid).
Medpundit 2003
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I contacted an anesthesiologist from the pain control service (though he said that they were no longer accepting Medicaid).
Archive 2003-03-01 2003
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He told her this would actually get her over her misery more quickly than a Cesarean, so she agreed, and Tobias had me call the anesthesiologist to place an epidural.
Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997
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He told her this would actually get her over her misery more quickly than a Cesarean, so she agreed, and Tobias had me call the anesthesiologist to place an epidural.
Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997
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Propofol requires an anesthesiologist, which is relatively expensive.
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As I went under I remember one nurse saying to the other, "Aren't you going to call the anesthesiologist to put her to sleep?" and the other nurse said "Nope, I can handle it, I don't need him NO-MORE."
tumor-tot Diary Entry tumor-tot 2009
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An anesthesiologist is a specially trained physician who not only puts you to sleep but also makes informed medical judgments to protect you during surgery.
The 10 Best Questions Dede Bonner 2008
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An anesthesiologist is a specially trained physician who not only puts you to sleep but also makes informed medical judgments to protect you during surgery.
The 10 Best Questions Dede Bonner 2008
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The anesthesiologist told her the anesthesiologist was a very calming woman who oozed the word “maternal”, “I had a 15 year boy propose to me once.”
Archive 2007-11-01 Elizabeth McClung 2007
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