urologist

noun

urol·​o·​gist yu̇-ˈrä-lə-jist How to pronounce urologist (audio)
: a physician who specializes in the urinary or urogenital tract
urology noun

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The Ninth Circuit opinion relied on the urologist’s claim that gender confirmation surgery was necessarily limiting. Natalie Shibley / Made By History, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025 Booth met with a colorectal surgeon and a urologist. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025 In Chicago, one urologist began replacing people’s testicles, including his own, with those of younger men. Joe Kloc, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 In 2017, a 79-year-old man was sentenced to life plus a decade in prison for fatally shooting his urologist. Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for urologist

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of urologist was in 1879

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“Urologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urologist. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

Medical Definition

urologist

noun
urol·​o·​gist yu̇-ˈräl-ə-jəst How to pronounce urologist (audio)
: a physician who specializes in urology

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