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

For many clinicians, advocates, and experts, micro-betting has emerged as a key battleground in the fight to reign in gambling addiction. —ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026

On their behavioral health clinician staff, JFS has a diagnostician, speech therapist and cognitive behavioral therapists. —Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026

This level of control could allow clinicians to guide the robots to specific sites and adjust their behavior in real time. —Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026

Zhao is blunt that AI in health care will only work if clinicians buy in. —Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 26 Mar. 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