medical assistant
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈmɛdɪkəl əˈsɪstənt/
- US
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asistente médico
- Naturally, the staff of a medical clinic would include physicians or doctors with the proper qualifications and certifications to practice, nurses, physician assistants, and medical assistants.
- work as a medical assistant
- job as a medical assistant
- become a medical assistant
So, you know, I had two kids, little kids, and my wife was a Linda at the time was a, a medical assistant.
- So, you know, I had two kids, little kids, and my wife was a Linda at the time was a, a medical assistant.
Examples
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Someone's "job" could be going to school and becoming a plumber, an IT specialist, or a medical assistant.
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People who currently work as medical assistants or car mechanics would want Wal-Mart jobs.
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The society needs health professionals and medical assistants, which are in great demand for offering proper healthcare guidelines to citizens.
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So I got my GED, driver's license, tried to adapt, was medical assistant for three years, Kind of got bored with that.
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Anthropometric and recalled data (including individual alcohol consumption) were collected by one local physician and one local medical assistant.
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Anthropometric and self-reported medical history data were collected by one local physician and a medical assistant, who also measured blood pressure and took blood samples for measurement of plasma lipids.
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Food preparers and servers, home health aides, warehouse stock clerks, medical assistants, and registered nurses find themselves in the five fastest-growing occupations, according to EPI's analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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She works as a medical assistant in a busy hospital, helping doctors and nurses with patient care.
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After completing her training, he found a job as a medical assistant at a local clinic.
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In her role as a medical assistant, she is responsible for taking patient histories and scheduling appointments.
How Qualified
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is a straightforward composition of 'medical' (relating to medicine) + 'assistant' (a helper), so a learner who knows both words can readily infer it refers to a helper in a healthcare context. While the item can denote a human or a digital/AI tool, that pragmatic distinction does not prevent a B1 learner from deriving the basic meaning from the constituents; the construction is cross-linguistically common and therefore highly transparent.
Etymology
Medical assistant comes from the simple idea of a person who works with a doctor: medical (about medicine) and assistant (someone who helps). Picture a helper standing by the doctor taking notes, checking vital signs and preparing rooms, so it means 'a person who helps medical staff with clinical and office tasks'.