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family physician

noun

: a doctor specializing in family practice

called also family doctor

Examples of family physician in a Sentence

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More than a third of counties in the United States do not have an ob/gyn, a family physician or a certified nurse-midwife. Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025 Students who spend three years in medical school instead of four have lower debt and get to a higher salary sooner, said Caroline Roberts, a family physician and director of rural education at the University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine. Tribune News Service, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025 Health care workers are facing burnout, safety concerns and resources being pulled away from primary care clinics, said Christopher Antolak, a family physician with Allina and a member of the union bargaining team. Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025 The editor of the local newspaper, the reporter people are familiar with, the family physician who has taken care of you and your siblings—these figures have credibility in a way that large national institutions do not. David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for family physician

Word History

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of family physician was in 1796

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“Family physician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20physician. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

Medical Definition

family physician

noun
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: a doctor specializing in family practice

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