consultant

(kŏn-sŭlt′ănt)

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[L. consultare, to counsel]
In the health care professions, a health care worker, such as a nurse, physician, dentist, pharmacist, or psychologist, who acts in an advisory capacity, often providing expert knowledge in a given specialty.

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