internist

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
IM
Pronunciation
/ˌɪnˈtərnɪst/
Category
Medical
Related Field
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Examples in Context

  1. He is a respected internist(IM) and cardiologist.
  2. My husband was a marathon runner, in top condition, with healthy lungs and a healthy heart, but then the internist(IM) began to ask him questions.
  3. Should an internist(IM) evaluate each patient before ambulatory surgery?
  4. Commander stone is an internist(IM), not a criminologist.
  5. Charles Cutler, an internist(IM) near Philadelphia, says women with recurring urinary-tract infections frequently request broad-spectrum drugs like ciprofloxacin because it is what they know.

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