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
For clinicians, learning to recognize and treat PMDD is a priority.
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Eliza Zhitnik, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
Fleenor was the clinician guiding staff and helping build the team.
—Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
Finally, to improve oversight, platform developers should involve clinicians, ethicists, and human–AI interaction experts in design and submit to regular audits and reviews to verify safety.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2026
Women with kidney concerns or taking other medications should check with a clinician before starting.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
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Eliza Zhitnik, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
Fleenor was the clinician guiding staff and helping build the team.
—Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
Finally, to improve oversight, platform developers should involve clinicians, ethicists, and human–AI interaction experts in design and submit to regular audits and reviews to verify safety.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2026
Women with kidney concerns or taking other medications should check with a clinician before starting.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinician
Noun
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Already, more than 80% of physicians are using AI tools, according to a recent survey published by the American Medical Association, mostly for lower stakes use cases like combing through medical research and documentation.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Green Tea Green tea is packed with plant compounds called catechins, which help reduce oxidative stress and inflammatory markers in the body, said Meena Malhotra, MD, ABOM, ABIM, a functional and integrative medicine physician and medical director at Heal n Cure.—
Stephanie Anderson Witmer,
Health,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The group contains multiple doctors and lawyers.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Washington Post,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Charlotte Observer spoke to North Carolina doctors about how to mitigate your colon cancer risk by eating less red meat, less ultraprocessed food and more fiber.—
Eva Flowe
April 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Nearly everything The Pitt revealed about Al-Hashimi has been filtered through Robby’s reaction to it, from her ethnic name to her time with international NGOs to her desire to hire two attendings for the daytime shift.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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Episode 15 picks right up with the revelation that the Pitt’s new senior attending is experiencing a resurgence of absence seizures she’s battled since a childhood case of viral meningitis.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
17 Apr. 2026
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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
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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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“Clinician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinician. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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