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
The study on 40,000 patients said Penda’s AI assistant for clinicians showed a 16% reduction in diagnostic errors and a 13% reduction in treatment errors, Open AI said.
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Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 30 July 2025
But Wolff’s work and influence, alongside a simultaneous rise in the fields of psychology and psychosomatic medicine, helped to disperse those nostrums into the wider culture—and into the prevailing paradigm within which other headache scientists and clinicians toiled.
—Tom Zeller Jr.
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
But among clinicians who are familiar with the symptoms of CRPS, Davis says there are clear signs that can help diagnose patients.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 28 July 2025
Researchers are also calling for more collaboration between technologists, clinicians and ethicists.
—Wes Kilgore, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 30 July 2025
But Wolff’s work and influence, alongside a simultaneous rise in the fields of psychology and psychosomatic medicine, helped to disperse those nostrums into the wider culture—and into the prevailing paradigm within which other headache scientists and clinicians toiled.
—Tom Zeller Jr.
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
But among clinicians who are familiar with the symptoms of CRPS, Davis says there are clear signs that can help diagnose patients.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 28 July 2025
Researchers are also calling for more collaboration between technologists, clinicians and ethicists.
—Wes Kilgore, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinician
Noun
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In fact, one study estimated that U.S. physician practices spend over $15 billion annually on quality reporting, much of it due to manual abstraction and fragmented systems.—
Zameer Rizvi,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The accelerated curriculum will assist students in getting both degrees needed by addressing physician shortages while making medical education accessible.—
Christina Shaw,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After removing the orb interloper, doctors treated the man with corticosteroids—both oral and eye drop forms—to help with the inflammation.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
13 Aug. 2025
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But with his health being looked after more closely, his wife and his doctors have reportedly encouraged him to change this habit.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Not just that, the rules for the two attending are set.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
8 Aug. 2025
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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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The study found that patients of hospitalists who placed in the top quartile of a professional exam from the American Board of Internal Medicine were nearly 8% less likely to die within a week than the patients of doctors with the lowest-quartile scores.—
Michael L. Millenson,
Forbes.com,
26 June 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 19 Aug. 2025.
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