Clinician

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  • noun. A health professional, such as a physician, psychologist, or nurse, who is directly involved in patient care, as distinguished from one who does only research or administrative work.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who makes a practical study of disease in the persons of those afflicted by it.
  • noun. A practical physician whose methods are based on experience rather than on theory; also, a teacher of medicine whose method of instruction is clinical rather than didactic.
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  • noun. A healthcare provider working in a clinic or hospital.
  • noun. A medical resident working as an intern in a clinic or hospital during clinical rotations.
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  • noun. a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments
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    "If either of these things happens, follow the directions in your package insert, consider taking emergency contraception, and call your clinician."
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