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clinician

[ kli-nish-uhn ]
/ klɪˈnɪʃ ən /
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noun

a physician or other qualified person who is involved in the treatment and observation of living patients, as distinguished from one engaged in research.
a person who teaches or conducts sessions at a clinic.

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Origin of clinician

First recorded in 1870–75; clinic + -ian

Words nearby clinician

clinical psychology, clinical spectrometry, clinical spectroscopy, clinical thermometer, clinical trial, clinician, clinicopathologic, clinid, clink, clinker, clinker-built
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Words related to clinician

doctor, therapist, psychoanalyst, psychotherapist, psychologist, scientist, analyst, investigator, physician, adviser, psychiatrist, shrink, experimenter, analyzer, tester

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British Dictionary definitions for clinician

clinician
/ (klɪˈnɪʃən) /

noun

a physician, psychiatrist, etc, who specializes in clinical work as opposed to one engaged in laboratory or experimental studies
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Medical definitions for clinician

clinician
[ klĭ-nĭsh′ən ]

n.

A physician, psychologist, or psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of patients, not in other areas such as research.
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