(US) A physician who specializes in the care of hospital in-patients.
(US) A physician who specializes in the care of hospital in-patients.
“This is such an important line of reporting. As a pediatrician and newborn hospitalist I have these conversations daily, and they never get easier.”
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(medicine, US) A physician who is not a hospitalist.
(medicine, chiefly, US) A physician who specialises in internal medicine.
A physician (or doctor) who works at an emergency department to care for acutely ill patients.
(medicine, UK, Ireland) A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.
A hospitaller.
"hospitalist" means: A hospitaller.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"hospitalist" means: A hospitaller.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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