Meanings
nounemergency physician (plural emergency physicians)
plural emergency physicians
- A physician (or doctor) who works at an emergency department to care for acutely ill patients.
Synonyms: A & E doctor, accident and emergency doctor, emergency doctor, ER doctor, ER physician
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA physician (or doctor) who works at an emergency department to care for acutely ill patients.
Similar
A & E doctoraccident and emergency doctoremergency doctorER doctorER physician
Translations
French médecin d’urgence, urgentiste
- médecin d’urgenceemergency physician
- urgentisteemergency physician
- médecin urgentisteemergency physician
- urgentologueemergency physician
German Notarzt, Notärztin
- Notarztemergency physician
- Notärztinemergency physician
Portuguese emergencista, médico emergencista
- emergencistaemergency physician
- médico emergencistaemergency physician
- médica emergencistaemergency physician
Russian врач ско́рой по́мощи
- врач ско́рой по́мощи (vrač skóroj pómošči)emergency physician
Swedish akutläkare
- akutläkareemergency physician
Turkish acil doktoru, acil servis doktoru
- acil doktoruemergency physician
- acil servis doktoruemergency physician
Cite this entry
APA
emergency physician. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20physician
MLA
“emergency physician.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20physician. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emergency physician,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20physician.
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