hematologist
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- noun
- /ˌhiːməˈtɑːlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
- I did some checking; she's a hematologist.
- hematologist and oncologist
- pediatric hematologist
- go to a hematologist
Examples
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Also, my platelet counts were high two months ago (445), normal in the hospital last week, but high again yesterday (495), so the hematologist will need to delve into that, too.
Blog text (10) -
Before I even mentioned "hematologist," she said, "We need to get you in to see a hematologist right away."
Blog text (10) -
I felt she should have sent me to a hematologist months ago instead of testing me for bleeding disorders herself.
Blog text (10) -
Dr. Rothkull is our consulting hematologist.
Fiction book (1998) -
The hematologist, a florid, rotund man, frowned thoughtfully.
Fiction book (1998) -
Eventually, a hematologist was consulted, and then an oncologist in El Paso, who sent her to Albuquerque and then Phoenix.
Fiction book (1991) -
Karen Jansen (20s), a fine-featured hematologist with a social life in suspended animation, sits back from the microscope, stumped.
Fiction book (1998) -
During my second visit to my hematologist, he prescribed a number of medications to treat my blood disorder.
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After several days of tests, I finally saw a hematologist who diagnosed my anemia.
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Dr. Ayalew Tefferi is a renowned hematologist specializing in diseases affecting the blood.
Surface Forms
Morphology
hematologist = hematology (semi-transparent) = hemato + log + ist
The word is regularly formed from the specialist term 'hematology' plus '-ist', but the medical field term itself is not transparent for many learners.
Etymology
The word hematologist starts with hemato-, from a Greek word meaning 'blood', and ends with -logist, like in biologist, meaning 'one who studies'. So a hematologist is 'one who studies blood', which is why they are doctors for blood problems.