clinician

English

Etymology

From French clinicien, equivalent to clinic +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

enPR: klĭnĭ'shən, IPA^(key): /klɪˈnɪʃən/
Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

clinician (plural clinicians)

Any healthcare practitioner working at the point of care, in clinical practice (e.g., physicians in clinical medicine, nurses in nursing practice, or allied health providers in practice).

Hypernyms

practitioner
provider
professional
paraprofessional

Coordinate terms

physician (all physicians are professionals, and most are also clinicians)
nurse (all nurses are professionals, and most are also clinicians)

Translations

doctor working in a clinic

Catalan: clínic m, clínica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 臨床醫生／临床医生 (línchuáng yīshēng)
Finnish: kliinikko (fi)
German: Klinikmitarbeiter m, Klinikangestellter m, Krankenhausarzt m, Krankenhausärztin f, Kliniker (de) m (unusual), Klinikerin (de) f (unusual)
Indonesian: klinisi (id)
Italian: clinico (it) m
Malay: klinisian
Romanian: clinician (ro) m
Swedish: kliniker (sv)

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Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} clinico (it) m
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} kliniker (sv)

Romanian

Etymology

From French clinicien.

Noun

clinician m (plural clinicieni)

clinician

Declension

Declension of clinician

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) clinician	clinicianul	(niște) clinicieni	clinicienii
genitive/dative	(unui) clinician	clinicianului	(unor) clinicieni	clinicienilor
vocative	clinicianule		clinicienilor