general practitioner
noun
: a physician or veterinarian whose practice is not limited to a specialty
broadly
: generalist
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Our family doctor is a general practitioner.
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His mother, Keleigh Law, decided to take him to his local general practitioner.
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Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
But many general practitioners who often lacked either menopause-specific training or the time and resources to stay on top of the latest findings have been more reluctant to do so.
—Genevieve Hofmann, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
Some boils may require medical attention from a general practitioner or dermatologist.1
Boil Symptoms
Boils look like a pink or reddish, tender, swollen area of skin.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
Despite progressing through general practitioner visits and gynecology consultations, her first laparoscopy—a common method of diagnosing endometriosis—yielded no evidence of the disease.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
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Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
But many general practitioners who often lacked either menopause-specific training or the time and resources to stay on top of the latest findings have been more reluctant to do so.
—Genevieve Hofmann, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
Some boils may require medical attention from a general practitioner or dermatologist.1
Boil Symptoms
Boils look like a pink or reddish, tender, swollen area of skin.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
Despite progressing through general practitioner visits and gynecology consultations, her first laparoscopy—a common method of diagnosing endometriosis—yielded no evidence of the disease.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
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general practitioner
noun
: a physician or veterinarian whose practice is not limited to a specialty
Dr. Thomas, Sr., could carry virtually the full armamentarium of the medicine of his day in a single black bag, and very nearly all of medical knowledge in his head. Today the general practitioner is a vanishing breed, and specialists cannot use their time effectively traveling from patient to patient.—John Steele Gordon, American Heritage
John Steele Gordon, American HeritageThe primary-care doctor is gaining new respect in Washington. Battles may be breaking out left and right over the various health-care bills emerging from Congress, but reformers on both sides agree that general practitioners should be given a central role in uniting the fragmented U.S. medical system.—Catherine Arnst, Business Week
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