Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated;
[syn: anesthesiologist, anesthetist, anaesthetist]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
anesthetist \anesthetist\ n. (Med.)
A medical specialist who administers an anesthetic to a
patient before the patient is treated. [Also spelled
anaesthetist.]
Syn: anesthesiologist.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
anesthetist
n 1: a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient
before he is treated [syn: anesthesiologist,
anesthetist, anaesthetist]