attending meaning
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US - NounPLattendingsSUF-ing
- (US) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
- All too often when taking a history, residents and attendings in a hurry will simply use the cut-and-paste function to save time and bypass asking potentially important questions that have been asked before.
- (US) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
- Verb
- Adjective
- That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant.
- Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
- That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant.
Definition of attending in English Dictionary
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- en attendings
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "attending" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.