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.”

CEFR level