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

One particularly promising example is an MRI technique that identifies the central vein sign, a feature that can help physicians distinguish lesions associated with MS from abnormalities caused by other conditions.

— Bruce Bebo, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
The rate of emigration by physicians has nearly doubled since the twenty-tens.

— Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of physician

Noun

Make sure to ask your doctor what type of chemotherapy you’re being put on and if nail lifting is a possible side effect.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 30 Oct. 2026
The provision could also have put doctors in a tough spot, since they may have been called upon to help determine whether someone is able to work, which would affect their patients’ coverage.

— Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of doctor

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The authors note that high-functioning depression is not an official diagnosis in the DSM-5, the manual clinicians use to diagnose mental health conditions.

— Allison Aubrey, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
The international urticaria guideline calls for clinicians to assess disease activity, control and effects on quality of life.

— Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 28 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

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One of the docs, Father’s House, uses actors, namely Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik and Emma Sehested Høeg, for reenactments of former members’ experiences inside the controlling Christian sect.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
As a result, there are usually at least two international docs nominated each year; in the 2023 lineup, all five nominees were from outside the United States.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of doc

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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