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

Out of nearly 230,000 young people over that period, about half initiated treatment by seeing a clinician, and about a third had at least two appointments in the first month. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026

In healthcare and veterinary medicine, success means technology automates routine friction, allowing clinicians to build trust with people and pets. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

In June, about 70% of voting non-tenure-track faculty approved unionizing under United Faculty-UAW, which seeks to represent roughly 2,700 USC lecturers, researchers, clinicians, librarians and pharmacists. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

At Human Longevity, a clinic based in San Diego and San Francisco, annual memberships range from $8,000 to $19,000 a year for access to testing — such as brain and body MRIs — paired with an expert clinician review. — Renée Onque, CNBC, 29 Sep. 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