cardiologistn.
/ˌkɑːdɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌkɑrdiˈɑlədʒəst/ An expert in the scientific study of the heart; (in later use) spec. a physician who is a specialist in cardiology.
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1839 London Med. Gaz. 28 Sept. 5/2 A morbid condition of vast interest, and upon which, in its sthenic stage, several recent cardiologists..have dilated very instructively.
1885 Lancet 26 Sept. 576/1 Being near the great cardiologist, he thought he would hear what he had to say.
1965 Math. in Biol. & Med. (Med. Res. Council) I. 34 He claims that the computer can diagnose correctly as often as three experienced cardiologists using the same clinical data.
2010 Jewish Chron. 15 Oct. (Health & Wellbeing Suppl.) 4/4 Dr Simon Kennon, consultant cardiologist is offering a new surgical procedure—transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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