physician's assistant

Variant of physician assistant

physician assistant definition

physician assistant

a person trained and certified to perform various medical procedures under the supervision of a physician
also physician's assistant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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