Definition of Attending

1. Noun. The process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others.

Exact synonyms: Attention
Generic synonyms: Basic Cognitive Process
Specialized synonyms: Attentiveness, Heed, Paying Attention, Regard, Clock-watching, Ear, Eye, Notice, Observance, Observation, Notice
Derivative terms: Attend
Antonyms: Inattention

2. Noun. The act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.).
Exact synonyms: Attendance
Generic synonyms: Group Action
Specialized synonyms: Appearance, Appearing, Coming Into Court, Presence, Turnout
Derivative terms: Attend, Attendant
Antonyms: Nonattendance

Definition of Attending

1. Adjective. Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor. ¹

2. Noun. (American English) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care. ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of attend) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Attending

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Attending

1. In psychology, an aroused readiness to percieve, as in listening or looking; focusing of sense organs is sometimes involved. Origin: L. Attendo, to bend to, notice (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Attending

attendancies
attendancy
attendant
attendants
attendaunce
attendaunt
attended
attendedness
attendee
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attendement
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attendeth
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attending physician
attending staff
attending surgeon
attendings
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attentat
attentats
attention
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
attention-getting
attention-grabbing

Literary usage of Attending

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1918)
"RALPH C. HAMILL, MD, Assistant Professor of Nervous and Mental Diseases, Northwestern University Medical School; Attending Neurologist, Cook County Hospital ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"After attending during the following three or four years a private school at Llanelly, he was ordained • of the churches of Hermon and Tabor, near Llandilo. ..."

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