nonphysician

See also: non-physician

English

Alternative forms

• non-physician

Etymology

From non- +‎ physician.

Noun

nonphysician (plural nonphysicians)

1. One who is not a physician.
   • 2009 July 16, “Seeking Ways Out of the Health Maze”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “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.

Synonyms

• nondoctor