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Vinony

intensivist

noun

  1. physician who treats critically ill patients in the ICU
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From intensive + -ist.

  1. Of or pertaining to intensive care.

noun

Etymology: From intensive + -ist.

  1. A practitioner of intensive care.

    “Adult criteria are inappropriate for infants, but it was found that Dutch doctors sometimes do actively end the life of a child with the specific consent of the parents; a recent survey revealed that as many as 45% of neotologists and intensivists had intentionally done so.”