CLINICIAN Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

clinician

noun

Definition of clinician

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 Prosecutors believe that Drotts committed the crimes while employed as a behavioral health clinician at the John Davis Juvenile Detention Center in Martinez. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 In March in a McDonald's parking lot off a busy Baltimore street, mental health clinician Michala Williams met a 38-year-old woman in a car. — Scott Maucione, NPR, 27 July 2026 Testosterone is being sold as a return ticket to youth, an idea clinicians say the data does not support. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026 Midwives are uniquely positioned among clinicians to meet this moment. — Mara Evans, STAT, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for clinician

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The safest and most sensible answer today is that AI is not ready to be independently licensed like a physician.

— Humayun Chaudhry, STAT, 3 Aug. 2026
Michael Goldstein is a physician and attorney who has run to represent the district multiple times.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of physician

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When reached by phone by CNN, one of the lead doctors for the trial, Yu Yongguo, declined to comment and hung up.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
That process happens anywhere in the world — including in the human gut, where microbes eat indigestible foods, and create a byproduct medical doctors might describe as flatulence.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Definition of doctor

Noun

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

Noun

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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