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a medical professional who works directly with patients rather than in a laboratory or as a researcher
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Recent Examples of clinicians
The hospital chief digital officer who piloted an AI chatbot and now gets hugs from clinicians in the hallway.
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Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Standard intubation tools require clinicians to lift this flap using a rigid metal laryngoscope.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
By pairing neutral terminology with accessible treatment options, clinicians hope to empower women to take control of their health, sexuality and well-being during and after menopause.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Our team spans all 48 contiguous states, including clinicians and field staff who deliver care directly to patients and clinical trial participants.
—Sonali Bloom, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The union representing jail nurses and mental health clinicians has also raised concerns.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
In the clinic’s small lab, staff can do rapid testing for HIV and syphilis and on-site testing for female patients for chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis — which allows clinicians to prescribe medication and treat patients immediately.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025
Simple steps for firearm suicide prevention What does this mean for clinicians, families, friends or community leaders?
—Emmy Betz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Patients should be sure to report symptoms to their clinicians, and clinicians need to be vigilant and consider Legionnaires’ disease as a possibility.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Standard intubation tools require clinicians to lift this flap using a rigid metal laryngoscope.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
By pairing neutral terminology with accessible treatment options, clinicians hope to empower women to take control of their health, sexuality and well-being during and after menopause.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Our team spans all 48 contiguous states, including clinicians and field staff who deliver care directly to patients and clinical trial participants.
—Sonali Bloom, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The union representing jail nurses and mental health clinicians has also raised concerns.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
In the clinic’s small lab, staff can do rapid testing for HIV and syphilis and on-site testing for female patients for chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis — which allows clinicians to prescribe medication and treat patients immediately.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025
Simple steps for firearm suicide prevention What does this mean for clinicians, families, friends or community leaders?
—Emmy Betz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Patients should be sure to report symptoms to their clinicians, and clinicians need to be vigilant and consider Legionnaires’ disease as a possibility.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinicians
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Founded by a pair of physicians, it was developed to grow plants that could be used to treat diseases, referred to as physic garden.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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In fiscal year 2024, the Conrad 30 program filled 1,010 positions for physicians across the country, according to 3RNET.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Sep. 2025
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But what doctors have recently uncovered is that dropping estrogen levels around this period might also spell trouble for women’s brain health.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
15 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Now, in The Pitt, his character is mentoring other young doctors—so much so that the estate of ER creator Michael Crichton has called The Pitt an ER-spinoff.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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The second officer was able to apply a tourniquet to the male victim before medics arrived.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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Search and Rescue members with Heber/Overgaard medics were then able to reach Johnson.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Clinicians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinicians. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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