Definitions

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  • noun A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.

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  • noun a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease

Etymologies

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radiology +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • The radiologist is able to move the fluoro tower around to follow the contrast material wherever where it goes.

    Fluoroscopy 2010

  • The radiologist is able to move the fluoro tower around to follow the contrast material wherever where it goes.

    Fluoroscopy 2010

  • A radiologist is a physician who has specialized in image interpretation with four years of dedicated post medical school training.

    Helene Pavlov: Expert Imaging Leads to Expert Diagnosis Helene Pavlov 2010

  • Today after hearing that the Commander wasn't getting better, she called the radiologist and they decided to not do the invasive procedure we had on the books for the Commander and just do the ultrasound.

    Making the Rounds Zombie Mom 2008

  • Whenever I get a free day, I head into the Overdue Results Folder for a big cleanout, scanning each patient's chart to see if the overdue test actually did come back and forwarding the ones not done to my secretary so she can call the radiologist before she sends a note or calls the patient.

    Tickler Systems and Thoughts on Mandating the EMR aka TBTAM 2009

  • The images that are sent to the radiologist are a sampling of "static" images.

    Ultrasound 2010

  • The image created is viewed and interpreted by a doctor, called a radiologist, to detect and diagnose medical conditions in the body.

    General Radiography (X-ray) 2010

  • Our Embassy doctor asked me to get an MRI so I called a radiologist downtown.

    Think Progress » Bachmann Suggests Critics Of Health Care Reform Will Be Put On A ‘List’ And Denied Treatment 2010

  • Which is why we do eveything we can to help the patien, including sending the relase ourselves to the prior doc, calling the radiologist ourselves for the report, etc.

    A Team of One aka TBTAM 2008

  • Our radiologist was a doctor named Srini Malini, and we watched her as she studied the incomprehensible flecks of white scoring the dark gray screen.

    Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

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