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ENDOCRINOLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does endocrinologist mean?
• ENDOCRINOLOGIST (noun)
The noun ENDOCRINOLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system
Familiarity information: ENDOCRINOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("endocrinologist" is a kind of...):
medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)
Instance hyponyms:
Henry Hubert Turner; Turner (United States endocrinologist (1892-1970))
Derivation:
endocrinology (the branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions)
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