intensivist

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adjective

Of or pertaining to intensive care.

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Meanings

adjectiveintensivist (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineOf or pertaining to intensive care.
nounintensivist (plural intensivists)

plural intensivists

  1. medicineA practitioner of intensive care.

    Adult criteria are inappropriate for infants, but it was found that Dutch doctors sometimes do actively end the life of a child with the specific consent of the parents; a recent survey revealed that as many as 45% of neotologists and intensivists had intentionally done so.

    2013, Peter De Cruz, Comparative Healthcare Law, page 400

Origin

From intensive + -ist.

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APA

intensivist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensivist

MLA

“intensivist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensivist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intensivist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensivist.

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