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

His advocacy helped inspire Tennessee's Volunteer Health Care Services Act of 1995, which allows out-of-state clinicians to volunteer in the state. —Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026

The clinician, with officers present, spoke with the person through the apartment door for maybe 35 to 45 minutes. —Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026

Some clinicians are already making such challenges, particularly regarding interstate telehealth regulations. —Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026

OrbDoc, a health care technology company that uses artificial intelligence to create tools for clinicians, performed an analysis for NBC News that examined what hospitals charge uninsured patients for particular procedures compared with what Medicare pays. —Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 2 Apr. 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