anesthetist
2 synonyms for anesthetist, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A person trained to give patients drugs that stop them feeling pain, especially during surgery.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
anesthesiologist
anaesthetist
Etymology
Formed from anesthet(ize) and the suffix -ist.
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