CLINICIANS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

clinicians

noun

plural of clinician

as in physicians

a medical professional who works directly with patients rather than in a laboratory or as a researcher

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Recent Examples of clinicians In healthcare and veterinary medicine, success means technology automates routine friction, allowing clinicians to build trust with people and pets. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 On that front, CalPERS cited the company’s statements that home visits kept its members healthy and that its clinicians made independent clinical decisions. — Tara Bannow, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026 In June, about 70% of voting non-tenure-track faculty approved unionizing under United Faculty-UAW, which seeks to represent roughly 2,700 USC lecturers, researchers, clinicians, librarians and pharmacists. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Our findings, published in the journal Menopause, reveal a major gap in how clinicians capture basic information about women’s health. — Audrey Hendricks, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026 Regulators and clinicians generally sort these products into three buckets. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026 The devices use sequential pneumatic pressure to squeeze the legs in wave-like patterns, a technique clinicians call intermittent pneumatic compression, or IPC. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

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Senior professionals, an employee group that includes senior administrative analysts, information technology professionals, coaches and student health physicians, has more than doubled in that time.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Experts disagree over how soon AI may be able to take over decision-making from physicians.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

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The executive order extends the pool of people who can administer measles vaccines to include paramedics, midwives and others, and allows nurses to join doctors in ordering testing.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
At the hospital, one of Myers’ many doctors pulled Morgan aside.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

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