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.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɹeɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
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Canada, General-American:/ˌɹeɪ.diˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/
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Australian:/ˌɹæɪ.diːˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
Australian:/ˌɹæɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
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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