ATTENDINGS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

attendings

noun

plural of attending

as in hospitalists

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Noun

The health non-profit supports research to develop new treatments for the benefit of physicians and other healthcare professionals and their patients.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
First-Time Patients Are Getting Younger The census asked physicians for the average age of their patients at their first surgery.

— William Jones, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of physicians

Noun

Yet since the American Medical Association Code of Ethics explicitly forbids physician participation in capital punishment, executions are rarely, if ever, performed by expert clinicians.

— Dr. Jacob Appel, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Although the problem warrants a systemic fix, the best short-term solution is for hospitals to create more nuanced documentation tools, and for clinicians to exercise judgment when using them.

— Leah Pierson, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of clinicians

Noun

The statement made no mention of treatment going forward, and the Vatican said doctors were not currently speaking of chemotherapy or other therapies.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Joshi and other doctors are calling for additional training to help surgeons understand how AI alters facial images, its anatomical limitations and its potential psychological effects on patients.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of doctors

Noun

Someone has to connect product changes to the content that describes them, so the docs update when the product does.

— Han Wang, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
The second Crave documentary in our Dozen, this four-parter has been selected to satisfy the hunger for sports access docs.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of docs

Noun

Police provided first aid for the children until Denton County medics arrived.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026
One person was airlifted to emergency crews staged at San Francisco International Airport for transport to a trauma center, while medics transported the three other boaters to local hospitals.

— Senior Editor, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of medics

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