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anesthesiologist (n.)

1943, American English, from anesthesiology + -ist.

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anesthesiology (n.)

1908, from anesthesia + -ology.

Anesthesiology. This is the new term adopted by the University of Illinois defining "the science that treats of the means and methods of producing in man or animal various degrees of insensibility with or without hypnosis." [Medical Herald, January, 1912]
-ist 
word-forming element meaning "one who does or makes," also used to indicate adherence to a certain doctrine or custom, from French -iste and directly from Latin -ista (source also of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian -ista), from Greek agent-noun ending -istes, which is from -is-, ending of the stem of verbs in -izein, + agential suffix -tes.

Variant -ister (as in chorister, barrister) is from Old French -istre, on false analogy of ministre. Variant -ista is from Spanish, popularized in American English 1970s by names of Latin-American revolutionary movements.
anaesthesiologist (n.)
alternative spelling of anesthesiologist (q.v.). See æ (1).

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Definitions of anesthesiologist from WordNet

anesthesiologist (n.)
a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated;
Synonyms: anesthetist / anaesthetist
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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