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

Team an officer with a clinician who evaluates and determines whether hospitalization, clinical treatment or medication is needed. —Delano Massey, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025

This should allow Suki to build a comprehensive view of the patient, the clinician and the overall healthcare delivery process. —Melody Brue, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025

Thousands of clinicians, researchers and other University of California employees initiated a three-day, statewide strike on Wednesday over concerns about staffing levels and workers’ rights to raise concerns about working conditions. —William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025

Artificial intelligence is rippling through the mental health professions, offering waves of new tools designed to assist or, in some cases, replace the work of human clinicians. —Ellen Barry, New York Times, 24 Feb. 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