601 Lesson 5 Flashcards
Jobs and Professions
amanuensis
secretary; one who copies something
alienist
a doctor who specializes in mental disease
—psychiatrist
beadle
minor official
charlatan
a quack; one who is not what he claims to be
cosmotologist
an expert in cosmetics
dermatologist
a doctor who specializes in skin problems
—skin specialist
entomologist
a specialist in the study of insects
graphologist
a handwriting anayst
internist
a doctor who specializes internal medicine
lapidary
an expert in precious
—stone cutter
ophthalmologist
a doctor who treats eyes and their diseases
ornithologist
an expert in the branch of zoology dealing with birds
osteopath
one who treats ailments by placing pressure on bones and nerves
pharyngologist
a doctor who specializes in diseases of the pharynx, the cavity of the alimentary canal leading from the mouth and nasal passages to the larynx and esophagus
physiologist
a biologist who deals with the functions of vital processes of living organisms