cardiologist
noun (a cardiologist, cardiologists)
Everyday
A doctor who is an expert in the heart and blood vessels and treats heart problems. tree →
In the lessons
In science and health lessons, a cardiologist checks the heart with tools like a stethoscope, an ECG (heart tracing) and an ultrasound scan. In careers talk, it is a hospital specialist. It tells the reader the problem is with the heart.
Examples
- The cardiologist listened to Grandad's heart. tree →
- A cardiologist is a heart doctor. tree →
- The cardiologist did a scan of my heart. tree →
- My aunt trained for many years to become a cardiologist. tree →
- The cardiologist said exercise keeps your heart strong. tree →
- Children's cardiologists treat babies born with heart problems. tree →
Note
Countable: a cardiologist, cardiologists. cardio = heart, -logist = expert. Subject: cardiology. Said «kar-dee-OL-o-jist». Related: cardiac (to do with the heart), cardio (exercise that works the heart).
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «cardiologist» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «cardiologist» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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