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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In addition to capacity within DHS, Minnesota’s Medicaid program is advised by multiple independent boards which include physicians and other clinicians. — Ryan Faircloth, Twin Cities, "DHS leaders ‘hostile and dismissive’ of doctor input, ousted MN official says in open letter," 29 July 2019 Only physicians and advance practice clinicians will be able to have such discussions with patients. — Time, "Trump Administration Pauses Enforcement of Abortion Restrictions," 23 July 2019 Only physicians and advance practice clinicians will be able to have such discussions with patients. — Author: Ricardo Alonso-zaldiver, Anchorage Daily News, "Administration pauses enforcement of abortion restriction," 22 July 2019 Only physicians and advance practice clinicians will be able to have such discussions with patients. — BostonGlobe.com, "Administration pauses enforcement of abortion restriction," 21 July 2019 Only physicians and advance practice clinicians will be able to have such discussions with patients. — CBS News, "Trump administration pauses enforcement of abortion restriction," 21 July 2019 Last week at Carrizo Springs, the clinicians ratio was down to 3 to 1. — Renae Reints, Fortune, "‘It’s Not a Home for Children.’ Thousands of Migrant Children Remain in Shelters at the Border," 26 July 2019 The fraudulent myth that money is the answer Like any practicing clinician, Smith cannot divulge names of athletes he's helped — no one in his trade ever would. — John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "This veteran sports psychologist has worked with the Packers and Bucks. Now he's speaking up about racism," 16 July 2019 In Cleveland, as in operating theatres around the world, the clinicians were in yarak. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, "The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies," 15 July 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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More Definitions for clinician
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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