Meaning of Attending | Babel Free

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

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.”

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