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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How to use clinician in a sentence

Some medical experts argue that the list of radiographic markers that it tells clinicians to look for may not include all the possible physical sources of pain within a more diverse population.
AI could make healthcare fairer—by helping us believe what patients say|Karen Hao|January 22, 2021|MIT Technology Review
We’ve already seen a massive uptick in digital mental health solutions with about 76% of clinicians solely treating patients via telemedicine.
Prioritizing tech in 2021 will be the path to pandemic recovery for mental health|Walter Thompson|January 7, 2021|TechCrunch
Glenn Wortmann, director of infectious diseases at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, said in a statement that clinicians are “managing well” and prepared for a post-holiday spike in cases.
As covid-19 hospitalizations hit new highs, Northam takes steps to speed vaccinations|Jenna Portnoy, Gregory S. Schneider|January 6, 2021|Washington Post
We leave that to the discretion of the clinicians at the hospitals to determine what is essential and what is not.
Inside the Scramble to Keep Hospitals Functioning|Will Huntsberry|January 4, 2021|Voice of San Diego

Demand for travel clinicians who take temporary assignments is extremely high.
Nearly twice as many Americans are hospitalized right now with COVID-19 than in spring|Rachel King|December 22, 2020|Fortune
But for adults, who better to make the call than a sophisticated, caring clinician with deep clinical experience?
I Got a Weed License in Minutes|Daniela Drake|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Romney, on the other hand, seems to approach policy decisions like a clinician.
GOP Loses a Passionate Conservative With Rick Santorum’s Exit|Patricia Murphy|April 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Francois Bichat, born in 1771, earned high rank both as a clinician and an anatomist.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
He was the godfather of typhoid fever, and from being a famous clinician became later a great pathologist.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
The entire subject of adenomyoma is dealt with from the standpoint of the pathologist, the clinician, and the surgeon.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Not the anatomist, not the physiologist, but only the clinician is in the position to discuss these problems.
Histology of the Blood|Paul Ehrlich
It is obviously wholly insufficient for a clinician to report that the use of a mixture was followed by good results.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2|Various

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 ]

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

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