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radiologist

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: /ˌɹeɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌɹeɪ.diˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/
  • Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˌɹæɪ.diːˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
  • Australian: /ˌɹæɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
  • CMU ARPABET: R EY2 D IY0 AA1 L AH0 JH IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.

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 medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: radiotherapist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: specialist, medical specialist

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English radiology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English radiologist From radiology + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طَبِيب أَشِعَّة (ṭabīb ʔašiʕʕa) — practitioner of radiology
  • Asturian: radiólogu — practitioner of radiology
  • Bulgarian: радиолог (radiolog) — practitioner of radiology
  • Catalan: radiòleg — practitioner of radiology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放射科醫生 /放射科医生 (fàngshèkē yīshēng) — practitioner of radiology
  • Czech: radiolog — practitioner of radiology
  • Dutch: radioloog — practitioner of radiology
  • Faroese: røntgenlækni — practitioner of radiology
  • Finnish: röntgenlääkäri — practitioner of radiology
  • Finnish: radiologi — practitioner of radiology
  • French: radiologue — practitioner of radiology
  • French: radiologiste — practitioner of radiology
  • Galician: radiólogo — practitioner of radiology
  • German: Radiologe — practitioner of radiology
  • German: Radiologin — practitioner of radiology
  • German: Röntgenologe — practitioner of radiology
  • German: Röntgenologin — practitioner of radiology
  • Hindi: विकिरण वैज्ञानिक (vikiraṇ vaijñānik) — practitioner of radiology
  • Hungarian: radiológus — practitioner of radiology
  • Icelandic: geislalæknir — practitioner of radiology
  • Indonesian: radiolog — practitioner of radiology
  • Irish: raideolaí — practitioner of radiology
  • Italian: radiologista — practitioner of radiology
  • Italian: radiologisto — practitioner of radiology
  • Japanese: 放射線科医 (hōshasenkai) — practitioner of radiology
  • Latin: ragiologista — practitioner of radiology
  • Latin: radiologistus — practitioner of radiology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: radiolog — practitioner of radiology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: radiolog — practitioner of radiology
  • Occitan: radiològ — practitioner of radiology
  • Polish: radiolog — practitioner of radiology
  • Portuguese: radiologista — practitioner of radiology
  • Portuguese: radiólogo — practitioner of radiology
  • Romanian: radiolog — practitioner of radiology
  • Romanian: radiologă — practitioner of radiology
  • Russian: радио́лог (radiólog) — practitioner of radiology
  • Russian: рентгено́лог (rentgenólog) — practitioner of radiology
  • Spanish: radiólogo — practitioner of radiology
  • Tagalog: paladiglap — practitioner of radiology
  • Turkish: radyolog — practitioner of radiology