ENDOCRINOLOGIST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("endocrinologist" is a kind of...):

medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)

Instance hyponyms:

Henry Hubert Turner; Turner (United States endocrinologist (1892-1970))

Derivation:

endocrinology (the branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions)