internist

[ in-tur-nist, in-tur-nist ]

noun

1. a physician specializing in the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, especially of adults.

internist

/ ɪnˈtɜːnɪst; ˈɪntɜːnɪst /

noun

1. a physician who specializes in internal medicine

Word History and Origins

Origin of internist¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; intern(al medicine) + -ist

Example Sentences

Shyla was wearing jeans and a gray BOW & ARROW BREWING T-shirt, and Missy was in green medical scrubs—she had just come from her other job as an internist working in the field of sleep medicine.

From Outside Online

He was fined $50,000 and is currently under a 36-month probation that allows him to practice medicine only when monitored by a board-certified internist or cardiologist.

From MIT Technology Review

Brita Roy, an assistant professor at Yale University’s medical school and a general internist at Yale New Haven Hospital, said her patients are calling to plead for the shots.

From Washington Post

The same would be true of his dentist, his eye doctor, and his internist.

From The Daily Beast

My wife and I had only in the last couple of months found an internist whom we liked and who took Oxford.

From The Daily Beast

My wife is an internist who works for a company that keeps records on an EMR.

From The Daily Beast

Before I switched to this work I was an internist for a large HMO, entering my notes into an EMR.

From The Daily Beast

Internist Kent Sepkowitz on the truth about love lives in lab coats.

From The Daily Beast

The interest taken in psychiatry by the general practitioner and by the consulting internist has been growing rapidly of late.

From Project Gutenberg