physician's assistant
noun
: a person certified to provide basic medical services usually under the supervision of a licensed physician
called also PA, physician assistant
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Two weeks before beginning the aggressive treatment, Provencher saw a physician's assistant who was studying rheumatology.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Torres, 39, is a physician's assistant at Texas Orthopedics, who has always been active and athletic.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 4 Jan. 2026
The organization was founded in 2023 by Morgan Stine, a physician's assistant whose 7-year-old son, Parker, got STEC at a Tennessee farm camp a year earlier, according the agency's website.
—Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 22 Nov. 2025
The following day, a physician's assistant came in and discussed her being discharged, but Marie began feeling pain in her finger.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Torres, 39, is a physician's assistant at Texas Orthopedics, who has always been active and athletic.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 4 Jan. 2026
The organization was founded in 2023 by Morgan Stine, a physician's assistant whose 7-year-old son, Parker, got STEC at a Tennessee farm camp a year earlier, according the agency's website.
—Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 22 Nov. 2025
The following day, a physician's assistant came in and discussed her being discharged, but Marie began feeling pain in her finger.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Physician's assistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physician%27s%20assistant. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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