How to Use medical practitioner in a Sentence

medical practitioner

noun
  • Pain is often the first indicator of a problem and the first symptom to be treated by a medical practitioner.
    Hany Demian, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The hospital or medical practitioner agrees to be paid later from the settlement the plaintiff is expected to receive from their lawsuit.
    Mark Berookim, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Under the agreements made with individual countries, the Cuban government often gets paid a hefty sum for each medical practitioner but the doctors themselves see only a small percentage of that money.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Claustro paid $38,670 of the $306,000 to Do knowing he, and not another medical practitioner, was providing the services, according to court documents.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Adam Rodman, a hospitalist who researches AI programs at Harvard Medical School, discourages people from using AI to triage emergency situations, but says AI can add significant value to a patient's interaction with a human medical practitioner.
    Katia Riddle, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026

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