Definition of Internist

1. Noun. A specialist in internal medicine.

Generic synonyms: Medical Specialist, Specialist
Derivative terms: Intern

Definition of Internist

1. Noun. (medicine) A physician who specialises in internal medicine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Internist

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Internist

1. A physician who is expert on the medical management of a wide variety of medical problems. [American term] (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Internist

internetless
internetting
internetwork
internetworked
internetworking
internetworks
interneural
interneurals
interneuromeric
interneuromeric clefts
interneuron
interneuronal
interneurons
interning
internings
internist (current term)
internists
internity
internment
internment camp
internment camps
internments
internodal
internodal segment
internode
internodes
internodial
interns
internship
internship and residency

Literary usage of Internist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Gynecology by Howard Atwood Kelly (1912)
"It is, therefore, desirable that the gynecologist, the general internist, ... If, on the one hand, the internist would consult the gynecologist more ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"Certainly the internist should be at the operation, as he usually is, and see the same findings. There is one thing I should like to suggest to these ..."

3. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1913)
"The dentist and the internist, through the improved standards of dental work, ... As the internist built up his diagnosis upon scientific research it became ..."

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