clinician

noun

cli·​ni·​cian kli-ˈni-shən How to pronounce clinician (audio)
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

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Patients and clinicians access such information to make decisions about using and prescribing medications. Reshma Ramachandran, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025 Many clinicians expressed bewilderment about why certain workers were on the list of mandatory returns and others are not. Katia Riddle, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025 This study, which was published in the journal Neurology, comes when clinicians and public health advocates are raising awareness of alcohol use disorder and issues related to excessive alcohol consumption. Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025 With a better understanding how metabolism, mitochondria, and lifestyle interact, clinicians may be able to prevent, reverse or radically rethink conditions once seen as lifelong. Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for clinician

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of clinician was in 1875

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“Clinician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clinician. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

Medical Definition

clinician

noun
cli·​ni·​cian klin-ˈish-ən How to pronounce clinician (audio)
: 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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