What it means
The ending for a specialist or practitioner. A pharmacist prepares drugs, a dentist cares for teeth, an anesthetist gives anesthesia and a therapist gives therapy. Doctors who study an organ often take the longer ending -logist, as in cardiologist (cardi/oKAR-dee-ohA word part that means heart.Full entry + -logyLUH-jeeA word ending that means the study of something.Full entry + -ist).