clinician
noun
cli·ni·cian
kli-ˈni-shən 
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The clinician-only teams do not have the authority to take anyone to the hospital against their will.
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Eva Wen, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
During the first two weeks of shutdown, the Hopkins network of hospitals and clinicians continued to offer telehealth appointments that were already on the books.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
In Kakuma, a vast refugee camp near the South Sudan border, starting in spring, our documentary team followed clinicians and families inside the stabilization unit at Clinic 7, where the sickest children come.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
The council also moved more than $80,000 from its own budget and $500,000 from the Department of Safety and police budgets for the Support Team Assisted Response crisis response program, which sends mental health clinicians and paramedics to respond to some calls instead of police officers.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2025
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Eva Wen, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
During the first two weeks of shutdown, the Hopkins network of hospitals and clinicians continued to offer telehealth appointments that were already on the books.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
In Kakuma, a vast refugee camp near the South Sudan border, starting in spring, our documentary team followed clinicians and families inside the stabilization unit at Clinic 7, where the sickest children come.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
The council also moved more than $80,000 from its own budget and $500,000 from the Department of Safety and police budgets for the Support Team Assisted Response crisis response program, which sends mental health clinicians and paramedics to respond to some calls instead of police officers.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Clinician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clinician. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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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
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