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

The collateral impacts of new gambling addictions are just now being charted by clinicians. —Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025

But going forward, more studies are needed to help clinicians find the most effective treatments for people with an addictive relationship with food. —Claire Wilcox, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025

Additionally, the cuts will disproportionately harm safety-net hospitals and clinicians caring for immigrant communities, the authors say. —Liz Neporent, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health departments launched emergency operations, deployed mosquito-control teams and alerted clinicians to test for malaria in patients with unexplained fevers. —Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 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