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CLINICIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("clinician" is a kind of...):
practician; practitioner (someone who practices a learned profession)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
Context examples:
However, these insights may one day help clinicians improve immunotherapy for cancers and other diseases by optimizing nutrition.
(Memory T cells shelter in bone marrow, boosting immunity in mice with restricted diets, National Institutes of Health)
Through a simple blood test, clinicians can now predict which patients are likely to suffer severe dehydrating diarrhoea and in need of closer medical attention.
(People with type A blood at most risk of severe diarrhoea, SciDev.Net)
The clinical specialist in pediatric nursing is a graduate-prepared clinician and child and family advocate.
(Pediatric nurse specialist, NCI Thesaurus)
Despite insufficient evidence establishing the effectiveness of omega-3s, clinicians and their patients have been inclined to try the supplements for a variety of conditions with inflammatory components, including dry eye.
(Omega-3s from fish oil supplements no better than placebo for dry eye, National Institutes of Health)
Eventually, mimicking the processes initiated by the microbiome may allow clinicians to accelerate wound healing and prevent dangerous infections, the researchers note.
(Scientists find microbes on the skin of mice promote tissue healing, immunity, National Institutes of Health)
Advanced practice nurses are expert clinicians engaged in active practice.
(Advanced practice nurse, NCI Thesaurus)
This "bench-to-bedside" approach facilitates interaction and collaboration among clinicians and researchers.
(NIH Clinical Center, NCI Thesaurus)
“The clinical trials that have been done in people have all been fairly short,” says Dr. Ranganath Muniyappa, an NIH staff clinician who studies diabetes and cardiovascular health.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Two-thirds of the CEP members (clinicians, basic scientists, statisticians, other oncology professionals, and patient advocates) are not affiliated with NCI.
(CEP Member, NCI Thesaurus)
The questions can be administered in short forms or adaptively through computerized adaptive testing and reports can be generated to allow clinicians to better understand how treatments might affect the quality of life of their patients.
(Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System, NCI Thesaurus)
