- attending
- In psychology, an aroused readiness to perceive, as in listening or looking; focusing of sense organs is sometimes involved. [L. attendo, to bend to, notice]
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at·tend·ing ə-'tend-iŋ adj serving as a physician or surgeon on the staff of a hospital, regularly visiting and treating patients, and often supervising students, fellows, and the house staff <the final responsibility for adequate records rests upon the shoulders of the \attending staff (Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.)>attending n an attending physician or surgeon <making decisions to operate with the consent of an \attending (Don Gold)>* * *
at·tend·ing (ə-tenґding) 1. attending physician. 2. being or pertaining to such a physician.
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attending — index circumspect, clerical, concomitant, concurrent (at the same time), ministerial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
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
Attending — Attend At*tend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Attending}.] [OE. atenden, OF. atendre, F. attendre, to expect, to wait, fr. L. attendre to stretch, (sc. animum), to apply the mind to; ad + tendere to stretch. See {Tend}.] 1. To … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
attending — adj. Attending is used with these nouns: ↑physician … Collocations dictionary
attending — at•tend•ing [[t]əˈtɛn dɪŋ[/t]] adj. (of a physician) 1) med having primary responsibility for a patient 2) med holding a staff position in an accredited hospital: an attending physician[/ex] • Etymology: 1580–90 … From formal English to slang
attending — /euh ten ding/, adj. (of a physician) 1. having primary responsibility for a patient. 2. holding a staff position in an accredited hospital. [1580 90; ATTEND + ING2] * * * … Universalium
attending — 1. adjective Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor. 2. noun A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patients care … Wiktionary
attending — Synonyms and related words: accessory, accompanying, ancillary, associated, attendant, coincident, collateral, combined, concomitant, concurrent, conjoint, correlative, coupled, fellow, helping, incident, joined, joint, menial, ministering,… … Moby Thesaurus
attending — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Occurring or existing with: accompanying, attendant, coincident, concomitant, concurrent. See ACCOMPANIED … English dictionary for students
attending — adj. being present, being available; caring for, serving at·tend || É™ tend v. be present in a place; care for, serve (attend to); accompany … English contemporary dictionary