physician assistant (English, noun)
expansion: physician assistant (plural physician assistants)
Senses:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: physician assistants
tags: plural
form: physician's assistant
tags: alternative
form: physicians' assistant
tags: alternative
form: physician-assistant
tags: alternative