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GASTROENTEROLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gastroenterologist mean?
• GASTROENTEROLOGIST (noun)
The noun GASTROENTEROLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
Familiarity information: GASTROENTEROLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("gastroenterologist" is a kind of...):
doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)
Derivation:
gastroenterology (the branch of medicine that studies the gastrointestinal tract and its diseases)
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