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Healthcare careers
Term | Definition |
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Administrator | a person responsible for running a business, organization, etc. |
Aide | an assistant to an important person, especially a political leader. |
Anesthesiologist | a physician who specializes in anesthesiology. |
Cardiologist | the study of the heart and its functions in health and disease. |
Caretaker | a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent. |
Chiropractor | one whose occupation is the practice of chiropractic. |
Counselor | a person who counsels; adviser. |
Dentist | a person whose profession is dentistry. |
Dietitian | a person who is an expert in nutrition or dietetics. |
Hygienist | an expert in hygiene. |
Obstetrician | a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob |
Optician | a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists. |
Optometrist | a licensed professional who practices optometry. |
Orderly | a licensed professional who practices optometry. |
Pathologist | the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases. |
Pediatrician | a physician who specializes in pediatrics. |
Pharmacist | a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist. |
Physician | a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine. |
Psychiatrist | a physician who practices psychiatry. |
Radiologist | a physician who practices psychiatry. |
Sonographer | an instrument that produces a graphic representation of sound |
Tehnologist | a person who specializes in technology. |
Therapist | a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects. |
Traniner | a person or thing that trains. |