cardiologist
noun
Simple meaning
A physician who specializes in medical problems related to the heart.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
kɑɹdiˈɑlədʒɪst
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A physician who specializes in medical problems related to the heart.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient (estimated)
- Frequency
- Rare
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A physician who specializes in medical problems related to the heart.
Used this way, cardiologist is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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Common Patterns and Combinations
How this word naturally appears with others.
Physician
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Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
The branch of medicine dealing with the heart and its diseases.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- cardiologynoun
- medicinenoun
- clinicnoun
- paramedicnoun
- cardiacadjective
- cardiovascularadjective
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