neurologist

noun

Definition of neurologistnext
as in doctor

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Recent Examples of neurologist Eventually a neurologist came in and immediately disagreed with the UTI diagnosis, sending Vincent to get an MRI. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 Brain as infrastructure, brain as business This summer, neurologist and STAT contributor Jason Karlawish attended the annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference for the first time in nine years. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 28 July 2026 In her book The Age of Diagnosis, the British neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan describes a woman named Poppy who was given an autism diagnosis in her early 20s. — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026 These findings could be useful for understanding how modern sleep patterns affect our health, says Sonja Schütz, a neurologist who studies sleep medicine at University of Michigan Health. — Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for neurologist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neurologist
  1. doctor
  2. pediatrician
  3. physician
  4. ophthalmologist
  5. internist
  6. physiatrist
  7. urologist
  8. pathologist
Noun
  • According to the Tallahassee Democrat, Donna is estranged from Robert, who is a doctor in New York.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • On a muggy Saturday afternoon in mid-August, tennis player Novak Djokovic appeared to vomit into a towel and called for a doctor to check his blood pressure before unexpectedly losing a second-round match in Cincinnati.
    — Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • Graham is now the heavy favorite in November’s general election against Democrat Annie Andrews, a pediatrician.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Nordone will next face off against the Democratic candidate Annie Andrews, a pediatrician who won her primary in June.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of pediatrician
Noun
  • Most questions are screened by the office staff before they are relayed to the physician.
    — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The physician runs a social media account critical of the communist government.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of physician
Noun
  • Oh, and don’t worry about sparkles irritating your gaze—the formula is ophthalmologist-tested.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
  • An ophthalmologist injected an air bubble into my eye and zapped the hole shut with a laser.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of ophthalmologist
Noun
  • Jeffrey Millstein is an internist and regional medical director for primary and specialty care at Penn Medicine.
    — Jeffrey Millstein, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Cara developed new symptoms over the course of the summer, including unexplained vomiting, and so her parents took her to see an internist in August.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
Definition of internist
Noun
  • Meaning, the smell likely triggered positive emotions and motivation in the brain that boosted training capacity—even though hunger didn’t decrease, Michael Fredericson, MD, a sports medicine physiatrist with Stanford Medicine, told Health.
    — Cathy Nelson, Health, 20 July 2026
  • Crandell, the Harvard physiatrist, is a funny, brainy, and upbeat clinician who treats people with amputations in the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center, a building overlooking Boston Harbor.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of physiatrist
Noun
  • Start with a urologist, who has specialized training in treating UTIs and understands that the bladder is part of an interconnected genitourinary system.
    — Meghan Rabbitt, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The renowned urologist will be staying with his wife and children at a home in Sarasota.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of urologist
Noun
  • When a prosecutor asked why the body was so swollen, the pathologist explained that six days of life support left his blood and lymphatic fluids unable to circulate; the vessels seeped into the surrounding tissues.
    — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The former child star has been working as a licensed speech-language pathologist (SLP) since 2017, according to her Expressable profile.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of pathologist

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“Neurologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neurologist. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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