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That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant. examples
Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor. examples
plural attendings
(Canada, US) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care. quotations examples
All the new interns had heard of his operative speed, his finesse under the attending's glare, and his memorization of the current surgical literature.
2002, Harry Lee Kraus, Could I Have This Dance?, page 45
All too often when taking a history, residents and attendings in a hurry will simply use the cut-and-paste function to save time and bypass asking potentially important questions that have been asked before.
2009 March 11, “Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationships”, in New York Times
present participle and gerund of attend examples