HEALTH CARE PROVIDER Synonyms

• a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated

• a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart

• a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)

• an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily

• a therapist who practices chiropractic

• a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments

• a person qualified to practice dentistry

• a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin

• a licensed medical practitioner

• (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching

• children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office

• a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution

• alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

• give medical treatment to

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

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

• a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

• a specialist in gynecology

• a specialist in internal medicine

• a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies

• a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it

• one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

• a woman who is the custodian of children

• try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

• maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

• serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people

• treat carefully

• give suck to

• a specialist in oncology

• a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye

• a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses

• a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)