clinician
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cli·ni·cian
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Definition of clinician
Examples of clinician in a Sentence
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Crisis Preparation Recovery, a company contracted by Phoenix police to provide behavioral health services, also sends a clinician. — AZCentral.com, "Police shootings in Arizona," 10 Sep. 2019 Doctors say anyone vaping who develops respiratory distress, including coughing, difficulty breathing and chest pain, should consult a clinician. — NBC News, "New York governor urges halt to all vaping amid lung disease outbreak," 8 Sep. 2019 Lincoln’s hope of getting licensed as a chemical dependency clinician will be a vivid test of how much the system is willing to forgive. — Tracy Jan, Washington Post, "After prison, more punishment," 3 Sep. 2019 If teens score above a certain threshold, a MAPS clinician reaches out. — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, "Suicide attempts are hard to anticipate. A study that tracks teens’ cellphone use aims to change that," 21 Aug. 2019 Deputies used a crisis negotiator on a public address system, as well as a clinician with Butte County Behavioral Health, without success, according to a press release. — Chico Er, The Mercury News, "Standoff in Camp Fire zone: Woman allegedly bear-sprayed cleanup crew," 21 Aug. 2019 Rodriguez reported her concerns to a lead clinician and was told upper management was aware of the doctor's actions and her concerns would be addressed, according to the lawsuit. — Lauren Castle, azcentral, "Former Planned Parenthood Arizona employee awarded $3M over wrongful termination," 19 Aug. 2019 That detail isn’t in his paper, which only refers to participants chosen from a clinician’s database. — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, "The researcher behind the smartphone “horns” study sells posture pillows," 22 June 2019 Norris and Tina Webb, a clinician from DMH, knock on the door with the goal of trying to convince the daughter to get evaluated and receive care. — Frank Shyong, latimes.com, "Police know the mentally ill need more than handcuffs. Their response is shifting," 10 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'clinician.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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clinician
noun
English Language Learners Definition of clinician
: a person (such as a doctor or nurse) who works directly with patients rather than in a laboratory or as a researcher
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clinician
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cli·ni·cian
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Medical Definition of clinician
: 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
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