attending

adj. being present, being available; caring for, serving

v. be present in a place; care for, serve (attend to); accompany

In America, an attending physician is a physician who has completed residency and practices medicine in a clinic or hospital, often focusing on the specialty learned during residency. An attending physician can also supervise residents and medical students.Legally, attending physicians have final responsibility for patient care, even when many of the minute-to-minute decisions are being made by subordinates (physician assistants, resident physicians, and medical students). The term attending physician or attending also refers to the formal relationship of a hospitalized patient and their primary doctor, as opposed to ancillary physicians assisting the primary doctor, referred to as consultants.
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Noun
1. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
(synonym) attention
(hypernym) basic cognitive process
(hyponym) attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention
2. the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
(synonym) attendance
(hypernym) group action
(hyponym) appearance, appearing, coming into court
Adjective
1. being present at meeting or event
(synonym) in attendance(p)
(similar) present
2. serving attendance on someone; "a ministering angel"; "the angels ministrant sang"; "the attending physician"
(synonym) ministering, ministrant
(similar) helpful

Verb
1. be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?"
(synonym) go to
(antonym) miss
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) sit in
(derivation) attendant, attender, attendee, meeter
(classification) church service, church
2. take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business"
(synonym) take care, look, see
(hypernym) care, give care
(hyponym) minister
(derivation) care, attention, aid, tending
3. to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result; "Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation"
(hypernym) attach to, accompany, come with, go with
4. work for or be a servant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years"
(synonym) serve, attend to, wait on, assist
(hypernym) help, assist, aid
(hyponym) valet
(verb-group) serve
(derivation) attendant, attender, tender
5. give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"
(synonym) hang, advert, pay heed, give ear
(hypernym) listen
(hyponym) fixate
(derivation) attention

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Synonyms and related words:
accessory, accompanying, ancillary, associated, attendant, coincident, collateral, combined, concomitant, concurrent, conjoint, correlative, coupled, fellow, helping, incident, joined, joint, menial, ministering, mutual, paired, parallel, satellite, servile, serving, servitorial, simultaneous, twin, waiting,