clinician

noun

cli·​ni·​cian kli-ˈni-shən 

1

: a person qualified in the clinical practice of medicine, psychiatry, or psychology as distinguished from one specializing in laboratory or research techniques or in theory

2

: a person who conducts a clinic

Examples of clinician in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As expectations grow, so too does the pressure on clinicians to document thoroughly, accurately and efficiently. —Sameer Ather, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025

The tool helps researchers and clinicians model individual brain development and test potential interventions in a virtual environment. —Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025

The bills generally fall into four categories: disclosure requirements, consumer protection, insurers’ use of AI and clinicians’ use of AI. Bills about transparency define requirements for information that AI system developers and organizations that deploy the systems disclose. —Anjana Susarla, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2025

Others at the meeting pushed back against suggestions that public health workers and clinicians were not already providing detailed information to patients. —ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for clinician

• addition
• admission
• ambition
• attrition
• audition
• cognition
• coition
• commission
• condition
• contrition
• dentition
• dismission

Medical Definition

clinician

noun

cli·​ni·​cian klin-ˈish-ən 

: an individual qualified in the clinical practice of medicine, psychiatry, or psychology as distinguished from one specializing in laboratory or research techniques or in theory