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internist

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for internist.

Editorial note

The guy is an internist (I recall) and makes jam as a way of centering himself.

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Quick take

(medicine) A physician who specialises in internal medicine.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of internist gathered in one view.

noun

(medicine) A physician who specialises in internal medicine.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for internist.

Example sentences

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The guy is an internist (I recall) and makes jam as a way of centering himself.

2

She's an internist, not a surgeon, but my wife has no shortage of simple medical equipment in our home.

3

Ahead of a planned surgery, visited the internist who would be taking care of things post surgery.

4

Consult a general doctor like an internist, then a neurologist, then a psychiatrist, in that order.

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He said his doctor (an internist) was attending a medical conference for allergists, in the Bahamas.

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At Mayo, they had me in a CT scan machine 45 minutes after my intake appointment with an internist, and the scan was not prescheduled!

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I have some family friends who are doctors (one's a dermatologist, the other an internist).

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She had room mates as an internist, and for awhile afterwards.

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And as an internist - no colon polyp is medically unremarkable.

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As an internist (not in the US), I would like to put in my two cents to say this is just wrong.

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I am also not your internist but wanted to upvote and second this comment.

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So your family doctor will send you to an internist, who will send you to an internist at the local academic medical center, who sends you to three specialists at the same medical center, who don't know what it is.

Quote examples

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"The job is boring" A hospitalist deals with more difficult cases than an internist in a office based practice.

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Stephen Schimpff, an internist and former CEO of University of Maryland Medical Center who is writing a book about the crisis in primary care." I'm curious how the arithmetic on that works out.

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As the internist told me when, after a long and strange bout with covid at the very beginning of the pandemic (March to July 2020), he diagnosed me with fibromyalgia: "In the end, we may never know if you really have fibromyalgia or not.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use internist in a sentence?

The guy is an internist (I recall) and makes jam as a way of centering himself.

What does internist mean?

(medicine) A physician who specialises in internal medicine.

What part of speech is internist?

internist is commonly used as noun.