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
By pairing neutral terminology with accessible treatment options, clinicians hope to empower women to take control of their health, sexuality and well-being during and after menopause.
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Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Our team spans all 48 contiguous states, including clinicians and field staff who deliver care directly to patients and clinical trial participants.
—Sonali Bloom, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The union representing jail nurses and mental health clinicians has also raised concerns.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
And medical organizations are discussing strategies that include giving more weight to their recommendations than the CDC’s and creating pathways for clinicians to obtain vaccines directly from manufacturers.
—Jordan Miller, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
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Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Our team spans all 48 contiguous states, including clinicians and field staff who deliver care directly to patients and clinical trial participants.
—Sonali Bloom, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The union representing jail nurses and mental health clinicians has also raised concerns.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
And medical organizations are discussing strategies that include giving more weight to their recommendations than the CDC’s and creating pathways for clinicians to obtain vaccines directly from manufacturers.
—Jordan Miller, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinician
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Hospitals must disclose how and when AI is used, and physicians must remain accountable for its insights.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Stanford Health Care has launched an AI assistant that helps its physicians draft interpretations of clinical tests and lab results to send to patients.—
Kate Ruder,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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This includes reducing the documentation burden for doctors and cutting different types of paperwork that nurses have to do.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Abnormal liver function tests, otherwise known as LFTs, can prompt your doctor to check your liver more carefully.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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And that there are rules for the two attending.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 Aug. 2025
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Some of us suspected this was coming last year when Jules got all starstruck over the cardio attendings and later told Winston off for being dismissive about professional cuddlers.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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The study found that patients of hospitalists who placed in the top quartile of a professional exam from the American Board of Internal Medicine were nearly 8% less likely to die within a week than the patients of doctors with the lowest-quartile scores.—
Michael L. Millenson,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Her journey from hospitalist to a leader in lifestyle medicine is driven by a powerful belief that health is determined by the total quality of one's life.—
Kyle J. Russell,
USA TODAY,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Clinician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinician. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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