HOSPITALIST Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

hospitalist

noun

Definition of hospitalist

as in physician

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Recent Examples of hospitalist Adam Rodman, a hospitalist who researches AI programs at Harvard Medical School, discourages people from using AI to triage emergency situations, but says AI can add significant value to a patient's interaction with a human medical practitioner. — Katia Riddle, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026 Beth Mork Mork is a hospitalist at M Health Fairview and a parent in the district. — Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026 Individuals under the age of 21 can contact Valley Med’s youth opioid inpatient program by calling (408) 885-5255 and asking for the pediatric hospitalist on call. — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2025 Her journey from hospitalist to a leader in lifestyle medicine is driven by a powerful belief that health is determined by the total quality of one's life. — Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hospitalist

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Noun

As an emergency physician, what is so maddening about a case like hers is that the medicine is not mysterious.

— Dara Kass, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Yesterday, Allessandra DiCorato profiled cancer biologist and first-year resident physician Neal Carleton, whose work is focused on improving treatment for older patients with breast cancer.

— Sarah Todd, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of physician

Noun

In addition, pharmaceutical advertising or education aimed at doctors may also increase inappropriate prescribing, probably increases the number of prescriptions written, and may increase the costs of prescriptions.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026
Instinct handled a few other tasks well, like emailing my eye doctor’s office to set up an appointment and doing the digital paperwork to start an Ikea return.

— Allison Johnson, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of doctor

Noun

Measure your numbers, work with a clinician and stop treating hormone health as something to hide.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
Yet since the American Medical Association Code of Ethics explicitly forbids physician participation in capital punishment, executions are rarely, if ever, performed by expert clinicians.

— Dr. Jacob Appel, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of clinician

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Then, on Sunday, Syria convened an unannounced but highly anticipated opening of the first post-revolution Parliament, with President Ahmed al-Sharaa attending.

— Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026
The watch party near the Garden has become a major event all through the playoffs, but with Trump attending, that event was moved a few blocks away outside the security perimeter, at Bryant Park.

— Stephen Whyno, Fortune, 9 June 2026

Definition of attending

Noun

Jeffrey Millstein is an internist and regional medical director for primary and specialty care at Penn Medicine.

— Jeffrey Millstein, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026
Cara developed new symptoms over the course of the summer, including unexplained vomiting, and so her parents took her to see an internist in August.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026

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