Medical Specialists

A specialist in treating glandular disorders

Endocrinologist

A specialist trained to treat eye disorders

Ophthalmologist

A surgeon specializing in disorders of the male reproductive system and the urinary tract in male and female patients

Urologist

A physician who specializes in treating lung disorders

Pulmonologist

A doctor who administers agents that cause loss of sensation and consciousness during surger

Anesthesiologist

A doctor specializing in treatment of disease using high energy radiation

Radiation oncologist

Internal medicine is a specialty concerned with

Diagnosis and treatment of usually complex, nonsurgical disorders in adults

“Clinical" means pertaining to

Patient care

A doctor who specializes in operating on the chest

Thoracic surgeon

Which doctor specializes in treating older patients?

Geriatrician

A disorder that is unexpectedly caused by treatment prescribed by a doctor

iatrogenic

An opening from the kidney to the outside of the body

Nephrostomy

Enlargement of the heart is called

Cardiomegaly

An instrument to view the eye

Ophthalmoscope

Discharge of fluid from the nose is called

Rhinorrhea

A medical doctor who specializes in treating bone disorders

Orthopedist

Inflammation of the kidney

Nephritis

A doctor who specializes in treatment of blood disorders

Hematologist

The combining form iatr/o

Treatment

The combining form nos/o

Disease

The combining form onc/o

Tumor

The combining form orth/o

Straight

The combining form rect/o

Rectum

The combining form pulmon/o

Lung

The combining form ur/o

Urinary tract

The combining form col/o

Colon

The combining form ger/o

Old age

The combining form ped/o

Child

Combining form meaning "heart"

cardi/o

Combining form meaning voice box

laryng/o

Combining form meaning midwife

obstetr/o

Combining form meaning mind

psych/o

Combining form meaning nose

Rhin/o

A Specialist who would do a pneumonectomy

Thoracic surgeon

A specialist who would do a arthroscopy

Orthopedist

A specialist who would do a resection of a brain tumor

Neurosurgeon

A specialist who would do a cervical dysplasia

Gynecologist

A specialist who would do a drug treatment of breast cancer

Oncologist

A specialist who specializes in hyperthyroidism

Endocrinologist

A specialist who specializes in arrhythmia

Cardiologist

A specialist who specializes in sickle cell anemia

Hematologist

A specialist who specializes in vocal cord polyps, cancer

Otolaryngologist

A specialist who specializes in cystitis

Urologist