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

There is also a 12,000-square-foot medical center staffed by doctors and clinicians, offering diagnostic services. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

But a growing chorus of patients, clinicians, and advocacy organizations are sounding the alarm that the agency is failing to use this regulatory flexibility. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 31 July 2026

Through the collaboration of neuroscientists, biophysicists, clinicians and translational researchers, researchers like me hope to develop new ways to treat diseases that conventional drugs haven’t been able to before. — Sunil Kumar, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

Different types of clinicians work together within Dana-Farber. — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 30 July 2026

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