clinician

noun

Definition of cliniciannext
as in physician
a medical professional who works directly with patients rather than in a laboratory or as a researcher

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Recent Examples of clinician Most veterinarians will accept pet insurance, giving you a wide range of clinicians to choose from. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 People with a family history of breast cancer should discuss with their clinician if they should be screened at an earlier age. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026 Because of that, clinicians have to follow information from law-enforcement seizures, public-health alerts, and months-old fatality data rather than from tests at the bedside. — Dr. Shravani Durbhakula, Time, 1 Nov. 2026 Microsoft is also collaborating with Mayo Clinic on AI technology that could eventually help clinicians anticipate how a patient's medical condition might develop. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clinician
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  1. physician
  2. doctor
  3. attending
  4. hospitalist
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  • Andrews, the Senate’s first female physician and first pediatrician, credits her stance on gun control to her experience treating children who have unintentionally shot themselves after finding an unsecured firearm.
    — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Since Melanie Federline’s arrest, details in the arrest warrant about loose pills and the use of allergy medicine in the home as a sleep aid have alarmed physicians and child welfare experts.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of physician
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  • Murphy said doctors diagnosed him with a small hemorrhagic stroke, which is a bleed in the brain.
    — Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • As the science continues to advance rapidly, treating metastatic breast cancer is becoming an art, with doctors weighing which treatments to use, in what combinations and in what order, to get the longest benefit.
    — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of doctor
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  • Then, on Sunday, Syria convened an unannounced but highly anticipated opening of the first post-revolution Parliament, with President Ahmed al-Sharaa attending.
    — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026
  • The watch party near the Garden has become a major event all through the playoffs, but with Trump attending, that event was moved a few blocks away outside the security perimeter, at Bryant Park.
    — Stephen Whyno, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Definition of attending
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  • Ascension stated that telehealth complements in-person care and that protocols are in place for emergencies, utilizing on-site hospitalists and other staff.
    — Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 6 May 2026
  • Deleon is associate chief medical officer and a pediatric hospitalist at Oklahoma Children’s OU Health where there’s been a steady influx of children admitted for rotavirus over the last two months.
    — Lauren Dunn, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of hospitalist

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“Clinician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinician. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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