medical practitioner

noun

formal
: a person who is skilled in the science of medicine : a doctor

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Pain is often the first indicator of a problem and the first symptom to be treated by a medical practitioner. Hany Demian, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Allegedly, the elected was made to strip from the waist down in front of an audience and then lower himself onto the chair so a medical practitioner could examine his genitals. Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2023 And Marcus Wheatland, known as the doctor of the swells, was a medical practitioner and a pioneer of X-rays as a diagnostic tool. Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 July 2025 Under the agreements made with individual countries, the Cuban government often gets paid a hefty sum for each medical practitioner but the doctors themselves see only a small percentage of that money. Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medical practitioner

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“Medical practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medical%20practitioner. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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