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PRACTITIONER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who practices a learned profession

Synonyms:

practician; practitioner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("practitioner" is a kind of...):

professional; professional person (a person engaged in one of the learned professions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "practitioner"):

clinician (a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments)

Gongorist (a practitioner of the affected elegant style of the Spanish poet Gongora)

homeopath; homoeopath (a practitioner of homeopathy)

Credits

 Context examples: 

In cancer care, a nurse practitioner may manage the primary care of patients and their families, based on a practice agreement with a doctor.

(Nurse practitioner, NCI Dictionary)

A doctoral degree for experienced social work practitioners in advanced practice, research and/or policy analysis (although some DSW recipients are not social workers).

(Doctor of Social Work, NCI Thesaurus)

A person trained in pharmacy that prepares and dispenses drugs prescribed by physicians and health practitioners.

(Pharmacist, NCI Thesaurus)

Those patients reporting better experiences of empathy in the first 12 months after diagnosis had a significantly lower risk (40-50%) of death over the subsequent 10 years compared to those who experienced low practitioner empathy.

(Patients with an ‘empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death, University of Cambridge)

A nurse practitioner that meets the health care needs of the family by providing health assessments, direct care, and guidance, teaching, or counseling as appropriate, particularly around family self-care.

(Family Practice Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)

Fellow of American College of Physicians is a member of society of internal medicine practitioners.

(Fellow of American College of Physicians, NCI Thesaurus)

Some practitioners use colored pencils or crayons to allow patients to color code areas of more or less severe pain.

(Pain Map, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called advanced practice nurse, APN, and nurse practitioner.

(NP, NCI Dictionary)

But facts are facts, Watson, and, after all, you are only a general practitioner with very limited experience and mediocre qualifications.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Also called APN, NP, and nurse practitioner.

(Advanced practice nurse, NCI Dictionary)