ATTENDINGS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

attendings

noun

plural of attending

as in hospitalists

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Noun

Its provider networks include doctors in all 100 counties, covering 95% of the state’s physicians and nearly all acute-care hospitals, according to its website.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Watkins and other physicians held a white-coat ceremony for a fifth-grade class at Charles Mack Elementary School.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of physicians

Noun

The devices use sequential pneumatic pressure to squeeze the legs in wave-like patterns, a technique clinicians call intermittent pneumatic compression, or IPC.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
Together, the results suggest the test could flag cancer earlier and offer opportunities for clinicians to intervene before the disease has had a chance to spread to other organs.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of clinicians

Noun

Its provider networks include doctors in all 100 counties, covering 95% of the state’s physicians and nearly all acute-care hospitals, according to its website.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
There, doctors gave her a physical exam and found nothing out of the ordinary.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of doctors

Noun

From adaptations to biopics to docs, here are some of the key literary offerings to watch out for this festival season.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2026
Critical systems live in one person’s head instead of being documented, and it never gets prioritized because docs don’t hit deadlines.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of docs

Noun

The officers also saw that Velasquez-Perez had a gunshot wound to his leg and provided him first aid until medics arrived to take him to a hospital for treatment.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Haakenson and Yeager called for help, and medics examined Haakenson afterward, according to the pair, per the outlet.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of medics

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