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 are also numerous conversations about how these systems may provide modalities for mental health support to augment what human clinicians can provide. —Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

Patients can also communicate with hospital staff through patient satisfaction surveys, where clinicians can receive feedback and improve their practices. —Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025

Where appropriate, clinicians may also consider alternative imaging methods that do not involve ionizing radiation, such as MRI or ultrasound – especially for younger patients or when repeat imaging is anticipated. —New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2025

For every 340 people in the U.S., there is just one mental health clinician, according to some estimates. —Katia Riddle, NPR, 7 Apr. 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