family doctor

noun

1
: a doctor regularly consulted by a family
2

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What has been so encouraging this week is the groundswell of independent, credible public health and medical professionals from all around the world who shared their voices – everyone from the World Health Organization to local family doctors. Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025 As both a family doctor and the county coroner, Dr. David Suetholz saw many facets of the opioid epidemic. Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2025 The sisters’ former students have been helping and organizing a daily routine for them, while a family doctor is available to offer medical care, ORF added. Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025 Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school. Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for family doctor

Word History

First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of family doctor was in 1756

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“Family doctor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20doctor. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

Medical Definition

family doctor

noun
1
: a doctor regularly consulted by a family in time of medical need
2

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