Meaning

2 senses
  1. (derogatory, slang)A medical doctor who preferentially refers patients to specialists and other medical practitioners

  2. A medical doctor who preferentially refers patients to specialists and other medical practitioners

    (derogatory, slang)A general practitioner (GP), who needs to refer patients to specialists to treat conditions, and generally just keeps track of medical records

Origin

From refer + -ologist.

From refer + -ologist.

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Forms

plural: referologists
Singularreferologist
Pluralreferologists

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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