intensivist
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
intensivist (not comparable)
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to intensive care
Noun edit
intensivist (plural intensivists)
- (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.
Dutch edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
intensivist m (plural intensivisten)
- (medicine) An intensivist, an intensive-care doctor. [from 1980s]