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physician assistants

physician assistants is the plural of physician assistant.

Meaning of physician assistant

Noun

physician assistant (plural physician assistants)

  1. A health care professional trained and licensed to perform a role similar to that of a physician but with somewhat narrower limits of authority; physician assistants and nurse practitioners have enough capabilities to be physician extenders, providing primary care and allowing physicians to spread their time across more patients.
    Synonyms:
    PA

Questions about physician assistants

What is physician assistants the plural of?
Physician assistants is the plural of physician assistant.

Words near physician assistants in the dictionary

  1. physicalness
  2. physicalnesses
  3. physicals
  4. physician
  5. physician assistant
  6. physician assistants
  7. physician associate
  8. physician associates
  9. physician extender
  10. physician extenders
  11. physician finger

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