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Attending

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
əˈtɛndɪŋ

Definitions

  1. A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
    Canada, US
  2. Attend.

Equivalents

3 more languages
العربيةالحضور
Bahasa IndonesiaDPJPkonsulenkonsultan
日本語伽

Examples

“She's an attending in gastroenterology at Mass General.”
“All the new interns had heard of his operative speed⟳, his finesse under the attending's glare, and his memorization of the current surgical literature.”
“All too often when taking a history, residents and attendings in a hurry⟳ will simply use⟳ the cut-and-paste function to save⟳ time and bypass asking potentially important questions that have⟳ been asked before.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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