What does cardiologist mean?
Word: Cardiologist
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Cardiologist means a doctor who is trained to find and treat problems of the heart and blood vessels, such as blocked arteries or high blood pressure.
Synonyms: heart specialist
How do you spell cardiologist?
Syllables: car - di - ol - o - gist
Tricky part: After card comes an i, not an e: the word opens with cardi-, as cardiac does. Many students write cardeologist because that vowel is said quickly.
Watch out for: cardeologist, cardiolagist, kardiologist
Memory tip: Cardio exercise gets your heart pumping. Keep the whole of cardio at the front and the heart doctor is half spelt.
Cardiologist in a sentence
Example 1: Grandpa sees a cardiologist in the city every six months.
Example 2: The cardiologist asked Sofia's mother to walk for half an hour each morning.
Example 3: The cardiologist listened to Omar's heartbeat and asked for a few more tests.
Fun Fact
Cardio- comes from the Greek kardia, heart, which also gives cardiac, as in a cardiac clinic. Cardigan only looks related: the knitted jacket is named after the Earl of Cardigan.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
lodigracotis
a) cardiograph
b) cardiologist
c) cardiology
d) radiologist
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b) cardiologist. Spot card in the jumble; cardiology would need a y, cardiograph a p and an h, and radiologist leaves a c spare.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) nutritianist
b) opthalmologist
c) fysiotherapist
d) cardiologist
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d) cardiologist. Ophthalmologist needs ph before th, physiotherapist starts with ph, and nutritionist is built on nutrition.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The cardiologest at the hospital in Chennai told Grandpa to cut down on salt and fried snacks.
a) hospital
b) salt
c) cardiologest
d) snacks
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c) cardiologest. An expert in an -ology subject is an -ologist, ending in -ist as biologist does.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A cardiologist would be the right doctor for someone with ____.
a) a long-lasting skin rash
b) an irregular heartbeat
c) a cavity in a back tooth
d) blurred vision in one eye
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b) an irregular heartbeat
2. A cardiologist often asks for an ECG. What does an ECG record?
a) the pressure inside the eye
b) the heart's electrical signals
c) the air held in the lungs
d) the sugar level in the blood
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b) the heart's electrical signals
