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anesthetist

anesthetist

7 6.1
A trained doctor or nurse who gives medicine so a person feels no pain during surgery
  • noun
  • /əˈnɛsθəˌtɪst/
  • Specialized
: anestesista
  • The skilled anesthetist ensured that the patient fell asleep quickly and safely for the procedure.
  • nurse anesthetist
  • certified registered anesthetist
  • registered anesthetist

The third one is the off duty anaesthetist.

Examples

  • Certified registered nurse anesthetists are advanced practice registered nurses who specialize in anesthesia care and who safely administer.

    Blog text (1)
  • Bell has been a nurse anesthetist for more than twenty-four years.

    Blog text (1)
  • Different case, different anesthetist, different operation.

  • And you are an anesthetist?

  • Parker's rapid eye movements tell you the anesthetist is correct.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • My father was a mechanic and my mother was a nurse anesthetist.

    Blog text (15)
  • The patient's brain injury had made it difficult to maintain deep anesthesia, but the anesthetist overcame the challenge.

    Academic text (2005)
  • I'm an anesthetist.

  • I've been a nurse anesthetist for six years now, and I've never been in vulnerable kinds of situations.

    Blog text (21)
  • The trachea was leak-free on underwater testing, and the anesthetist had not noticed any ventilatory leak.

    Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

anesthesiologist
vsanesthetist
  • Specialized
33 7.0

A doctor who gives medicine so a patient feels no pain during surgery

is a trained medical professional who administers anesthetics but may not be a doctor

How Specialized

anesthetist
  • Specialized
7 6.1
intubator
  • Specialized
1 8.0
paramedic
200 3.5
bystander
79 3.4

Surface Forms

anesthetist singular
anesthetists plural
anaesthetists plural
anaesthetist singular

Morphology

anesthetist = anesthetic (transparent) = anesthetic + ist

Formed by the standard agentive suffix '-ist' on 'anesthetic', meaning 'person who works with/administers anesthetic', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Anesthetist comes from the parts an- 'without' and esthesia 'feeling'. So an anesthetist is the medical person who gives medicine so a patient has no feeling during surgery.