practitioner
noun
prac·ti·tion·er
prak-ˈti-sh(ə-)nər 
1
: one who practices
especially
: one who practices a profession
2
Christian Science
: an authorized healer
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a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth
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The aim of the medical humanities is to investigate the experiences of embodiment—including illness, pain, disability—from the subjective perspective of the human, rather than the objective perspective of the practitioner.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Nurse practitioners took the top spot for a second consecutive year with a median salary of $126,260.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
The aim of the medical humanities is to investigate the experiences of embodiment—including illness, pain, disability—from the subjective perspective of the human, rather than the objective perspective of the practitioner.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
In California’s north, regular burns are led by Yurok and Karuk practitioners.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
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practitioner
noun
prac·ti·tion·er
prak-ˈtish-(ə-)nər
: one who practices a profession and especially medicine
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