nonphysician

noun

non·​phy·​si·​cian ˌnän-fə-ˈzi-shən 

plural nonphysicians

: a person who is not a physician

—often used before another noun

a nonphysician practitioner

nonphysician health providers

Examples of nonphysician in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the Fifth Circuit’s 2-1 ruling on April 13 approved the judge’s invalidation of the later FDA actions, including prescription by nonphysicians and use up to 10 weeks of pregnancy. — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2023

The original version of the legislation would have given Saunders the ability to choose a nonphysician as deputy director of the department. — Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020

Rod Betit, who was the health department’s executive director during the 1990s and early 2000s, was the first nonphysician to lead the agency, according to a Deseret News article. — Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020

Hachuel thinks the photos can form the basis of an app that nonphysicians can use to obtain such information on their own. — NBC News, 28 Oct. 2019

Same goes for nonphysicians — a lot of them learn to inject in a weekend-long session that’s not even necessarily taught by a doctor. — Horacio Salinas, Allure, 21 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonphysician

• abolition
• acquisition
• admonition
• ammunition
• apparition
• apposition
• coalition
• competition
• composition
• definition
• deglutition
• demolition

Medical Definition

nonphysician

noun

non·​phy·​si·​cian -fə-ˈzish-ən 

: a person who is not a legally qualified physician