Medical Definition of clinician. : an individual qualified in the clinical practice of medicine, psychiatry, or psychology as distinguished from one specializing in laboratory or research techniques or in theory.
Prostatic Stent. The SpannerÂ® Prostatic Stent is a temporary stent inserted into the urethra at the neck of the bladder to maintain urine flow. The Spanner benefits men with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) by reducing elevated post void residual (PVR), improving voiding symptoms, and allowing for voluntary urination.
Something, such as a railroad trestle or bridge, that extends from one point to another. The distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended, formerly used as a unit of measure equal to about 9 inches (23 centimeters). A period of time: a span of life. transitive verb. spanned, spanÂ·ning, spans . To extend across in space or time: a bridge that spans the gorge; a career that spanned 40 years. To encircle or cover with the hand or hands. To measure in spans. Origin of span. Middle English unit of measurement from Old English spann; see (s)pen-in Indo-European roots.