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
West Virginia is a rural state with limited health-care infrastructure; many families don’t have easy access to clinicians, and vaccination requirements create an impetus to engage with the medical system.
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Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
Issuing a health advisory alerts clinicians to consider Ebola in patients who have concerning symptoms and who have recently traveled to infected areas.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
For that reason, some clinicians have experimented with off-label, low-dose rapamycin to try to slow aging.
—New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
That support, many clinicians say, has changed the tenor of the doctor-patient relationship.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
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Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
Issuing a health advisory alerts clinicians to consider Ebola in patients who have concerning symptoms and who have recently traveled to infected areas.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
For that reason, some clinicians have experimented with off-label, low-dose rapamycin to try to slow aging.
—New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
That support, many clinicians say, has changed the tenor of the doctor-patient relationship.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinician
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His personal physician, Admiral Cary Grayson, kept the severity of the stroke hidden from Congress and the American people, while his wife, first lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, surreptitiously took charge of matters of state.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Sports medicine physician Jesse Morse described on X that Hill's injury was potentially career-ending.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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But what’s most important is that women see a health care provider, that practitioners from dentists to primary care doctors know how to help, and that the treatment is covered.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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And while representation for Black women doctors on HBO’s hit The Pitt is impressive, even with the controversial departure of Tracy Ifeachor, there are no Black male doctors on the show.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Oct. 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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