nonphysician en · NOUN
Etymology
From non- + physician.
Meanings
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One who is not a physician.
“Two Sides to Every Health Care Debate” serves as a microcosm of what is wrong with the dialogue on health care: nonphysician experts each offering inflexible, oversimplified, dogmatic solutions to isolated parts of an infinitely complex problem.
2009 July 16, “Seeking Ways Out of the Health Maze”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| non-physician | alternative | lexicographic | |
| nonphysicians | Number=Plur | lexicographic |