attending staff

attending staff
the corps of attending physicians and surgeons of a hospital.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • attending — I. adjective Date: circa 1923 serving as a physician on the staff of a teaching hospital < an attending surgeon > II. noun Date: 1951 an attending physician or surgeon …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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