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cardiologist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːdiˈɒlədʒɪst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌkɑɹdiˈɑlədʒɪst/
  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒɪst
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA2 R D IY0 AA1 L AH0 JH IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A physician who specializes in medical problems related to the heart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: heart specialist, heart surgeon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: specialist, medical specialist

History

Etymology

From cardio- + -logist.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սրտաբան (srtaban) — physician
  • Azerbaijani: kardioloq — physician
  • Belarusian: кардыёлаг (kardyjólah) — physician
  • Catalan: cardiòleg — physician
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心臟病學家 /心脏病学家 (xīnzàngbìngxuéjiā) — physician
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心臟病醫生 /心脏病医生 (xīnzàngbìng yīshēng) — physician
  • Czech: kardiolog — physician
  • Danish: kardiolog — physician
  • Danish: hjertelæge — physician
  • Dutch: cardioloog — physician
  • Faroese: hjartalækni — physician
  • Finnish: sydänlääkäri — physician
  • Finnish: kardiologi — physician
  • French: cardiologue — physician
  • Galician: cardiólogo — physician
  • Georgian: კარდიოლოგი (ḳardiologi) — physician
  • German: Kardiologe — physician
  • German: Kardiologin — physician
  • Greek: καρδιολόγος (kardiológos) — physician
  • Hungarian: kardiológus — physician
  • Icelandic: hjartalæknir — physician
  • Indonesian: kardiolog — physician
  • Irish: cairdeolaí — physician
  • Italian: cardiologo — physician
  • Italian: cardiologa — physician
  • Japanese: 心臓学医 (shinzogakui) — physician
  • Korean: 심장병 전문의 (simjangbyeong jeonmun-ui) — physician
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kardiolog — physician
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kardiolog — physician
  • Polish: kardiolog — physician
  • Portuguese: cardiólogo — physician
  • Portuguese: cardióloga — physician
  • Portuguese: cardiologista — physician
  • Romanian: cardiolog — physician
  • Romanian: cardiologă — physician
  • Russian: кардио́лог (kardiólog) — physician
  • Serbo-Croatian: kardiolog — physician
  • Slovak: kardiológ — physician
  • Slovak: srdciar — physician
  • Spanish: cardiólogo — physician
  • Spanish: cardióloga — physician
  • Swedish: kardiolog — physician
  • Tagalog: palapuso — physician
  • Turkish: kardiyolog — physician
  • Ukrainian: кардіо́лог (kardióloh) — physician
  • Uzbek: kardiolog — physician