physician's assistant

American  

Or physician assistant

noun

• physician's assistants
  plural

1. a person trained to perform under the supervision of a physician many clinical procedures traditionally performed by a physician, as diagnosing and treating minor ailments. PA

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Noun Inflected Forms

• physician's assistants
  plural

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physician's assistant

Bass started out as a physician’s assistant at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, now L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Needless to say, the premiere was quite a wild introduction for the bubbly and outgoing 26-year-old Vietnamese American physician’s assistant student from Miami.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024

Ms. Arceneaux now works at St. Jude as a physician’s assistant, helping patients and assisting doctors.

From NewsForKids.net ● Feb. 7, 2024

"It's all about the arch support," the 39-year-old physician's assistant said.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023

After a week the physician's assistant opened my cell.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

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