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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Specialists go beyond the common diagnoses and care from general practitioners to offer advanced expertise to treat specific conditions with focus and precision.
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Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
What women in perimenopause should do Until more doctors - from general practitioners to gynecologists are educated, experts say that women need to educate themselves and become their own advocates.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Doctors stabilized her and scheduled her for an appointment with a general practitioner the next day.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2025
Part of that, yes, is the fact that a big-time New York City neurosurgeon becoming a general practitioner in small town Everwood, Colorado, means Andy can instantly and intimately interact and oftentimes clash with his new neighbors.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
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Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
What women in perimenopause should do Until more doctors - from general practitioners to gynecologists are educated, experts say that women need to educate themselves and become their own advocates.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Doctors stabilized her and scheduled her for an appointment with a general practitioner the next day.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2025
Part of that, yes, is the fact that a big-time New York City neurosurgeon becoming a general practitioner in small town Everwood, Colorado, means Andy can instantly and intimately interact and oftentimes clash with his new neighbors.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 21 Apr. 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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