clinician

noun

cli·​ni·​cian kli-ˈni-shən 

1

: a person qualified in the clinical practice of medicine, psychiatry, or psychology as distinguished from one specializing in laboratory or research techniques or in theory

2

: a person who conducts a clinic

Examples of clinician in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But several clinicians and nutrition experts told Fox News Digital the results should be interpreted cautiously and warned Americans against assuming anxiety is caused by a nutrient deficiency. —Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025

In a second vote, ACIP also encouraged parents and clinicians to order post-vaccine serology tests — blood tests that measure protective antibody levels — after the second or third dose. —Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025

Previously, screening relied on a clinician collecting a swab of the cervix during a pelvic exam, either for a Pap test or for HPV testing or both. —Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025

In the hospital, clinicians may use active external rewarming techniques such as heated blankets, forced warm air systems or warmed IV fluids. —Daryl Austin, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for clinician

• addition
• admission
• ambition
• attrition
• audition
• cognition
• coition
• commission
• condition
• contrition
• dentition
• dismission

Medical Definition

clinician

noun

cli·​ni·​cian klin-ˈish-ən 

: an individual qualified in the clinical practice of medicine, psychiatry, or psychology as distinguished from one specializing in laboratory or research techniques or in theory