as in physician
a medical professional who works directly with patients rather than in a laboratory or as a researcher
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Recent Examples of clinician
Any clinician working in maternal health care knows that the best care begins before a patient is even pregnant.
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Its conclusion: Identifying biomarkers associated with PTSD would allow clinicians to test a patient for the disorder using saliva, blood or another marker in the same way doctors test patients for the flu.
—Jo A Sornborger, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
Vincent River has worked as the jail's sole mental health clinician for 25 years.
—CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025
There are also numerous conversations about how these systems may provide modalities for mental health support to augment what human clinicians can provide.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Its conclusion: Identifying biomarkers associated with PTSD would allow clinicians to test a patient for the disorder using saliva, blood or another marker in the same way doctors test patients for the flu.
—Jo A Sornborger, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
Vincent River has worked as the jail's sole mental health clinician for 25 years.
—CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025
There are also numerous conversations about how these systems may provide modalities for mental health support to augment what human clinicians can provide.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinician
Noun
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The best physicians could advise was a near-starvation diet that reduced Thompson to only 65 pounds.—
Discover Magazine,
Discover Magazine,
3 May 2025
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The fact is, some physicians will regularly reevaluate whether a patient should continue their meds or not while others will take a more conservative approach, Dr. DeYoung says.—
Carolyn L. Todd,
SELF,
2 May 2025
Noun
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During the proceedings, and while her doctor was testifying about Ozturk's asthma diagnosis, a lawyer appearing alongside her in Louisiana said Ozturk was suffering from an asthma attack, and she was briefly excused for 10 minutes.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
10 May 2025
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Of women in the sandwich generation with a family history of heart disease, only one-third (35%) asked their doctor to assess their heart risk and only 44% talked about it with their family.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Some of us suspected this was coming last year when Jules got all starstruck over the cardio attendings and later told Winston off for being dismissive about professional cuddlers.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Wyle, a five-time Emmy nominee for his role as Dr. John Carter, plays a different ER attending, Dr. Michael Robinavitch (aka Dr. Robby).—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
9 Apr. 2025
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Her journey from hospitalist to a leader in lifestyle medicine is driven by a powerful belief that health is determined by the total quality of one's life.—
Kyle J. Russell,
USA TODAY,
5 Jan. 2025
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Her journey from hospitalist to a leader in lifestyle medicine is driven by a powerful belief that health is determined by the total quality of one's life.—
Kyle J. Russell,
USA TODAY,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Clinician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinician. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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