hospitalists

noun

plural of hospitalist
as in physicians

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  1. physicians
  2. clinicians
  3. doctors
  4. docs
Noun
  • Senior professionals, an employee group that includes senior administrative analysts, information technology professionals, coaches and student health physicians, has more than doubled in that time.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Experts disagree over how soon AI may be able to take over decision-making from physicians.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of physicians
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  • 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
  • Although the problem warrants a systemic fix, the best short-term solution is for hospitals to create more nuanced documentation tools, and for clinicians to exercise judgment when using them.
    — Leah Pierson, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of clinicians
Noun
  • The executive order extends the pool of people who can administer measles vaccines to include paramedics, midwives and others, and allows nurses to join doctors in ordering testing.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • At the hospital, one of Myers’ many doctors pulled Morgan aside.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of doctors
Noun
  • The second Crave documentary in our Dozen, this four-parter has been selected to satisfy the hunger for sports access docs.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Twelve are documentaries, marking a real moment for Basque docs at this installment.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of docs
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