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 the end of 2024, the group's researchers said, one-quarter of all abortions in the United States were performed by clinicians offering remote consultations with patients before sending the pills.
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Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
Strengthen their attention span Zishan Khan, M.D., a psychiatric clinician, is also a fan of this style of kid’s program.
—Jana Pollack, Parents, 24 June 2025
Part of the reprocessing occurs by the clinician introducing positive things into the recall.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 24 June 2025
California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington protect clinicians no matter where the patient is at the time reproductive care is provided, KFF reported.
—Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
Strengthen their attention span Zishan Khan, M.D., a psychiatric clinician, is also a fan of this style of kid’s program.
—Jana Pollack, Parents, 24 June 2025
Part of the reprocessing occurs by the clinician introducing positive things into the recall.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 24 June 2025
California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington protect clinicians no matter where the patient is at the time reproductive care is provided, KFF reported.
—Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinician
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Thousands of foreign medical residents fill gaps in U.S. hospitals The U.S. is projected to face a physician shortage in the next 11 years, per the Assn.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2025
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Under recent Medicare rule changes, physicians can bill for remote patient monitoring and virtual check-ins, opening revenue streams and supporting proactive outreach.—
John Samuels,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Kimes has been a regular cast member on Married to Medicine, which depicts the lives of women who are either doctors or the partners of doctors, since its second season premiered in 2014.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
8 July 2025
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The doctor also alleged agents have committed ethics violations, including not showing their identification, not allowing patient privacy during interviews and examinations, preventing doctors from contacting family for necessary medical information and preventing family from visiting.—
Sarah Lynch Baldwin,
CBS News,
8 July 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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Wyle, a five-time Emmy nominee for his role as Dr. John Carter, plays a different ER attending, Dr. Michael Robinavitch (aka Dr. Robby).—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
9 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 14 Jul. 2025.
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