intensivist

English

Etymology

From intensive +‎ -ist.

Adjective

intensivist (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to intensive care.

Noun

intensivist (plural intensivists)

  1. (medicine) A practitioner of intensive care.
    • 2013, Peter De Cruz, Comparative Healthcare Law, page 400:
      Adult criteria are inappropriate for infants, but it was found that Dutch doctors sometimes do actively end the life of a child with the specific consent of the parents; a recent survey revealed that as many as 45% of neotologists and intensivists had intentionally done so.

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

From intensief +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪn.tɛn.ziˈvɪst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧ten‧si‧vist
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

intensivist m (plural intensivisten)

  1. (medicine) an intensivist, an intensive-care doctor [from 1980s]