family doctor

noun

Definition of family doctornext
as in family physician

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Recent Examples of family doctor His father, Taite, is an oral surgeon and his mother, Lindsey, is a family doctor. — John Wisely, Freep.com, 11 Mar. 2026 Reldan, an independent private-practice family doctor and college professor, offers appointments at her home office. — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026 Retired family doctor Terence McCormally was heading to Arlington National Cemetery to join others walking across the Memorial Bridge that enters Washington directly in front of the Lincoln Memorial. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 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 See All Example Sentences for family doctor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for family doctor
  1. family physician
  2. family practitioner
  3. doctor
  4. physician
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  • The Korean switch-on diet was created by Park Yong-Woo, an obesity medicine researcher and family physician in Korea.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 29 June 2026
  • The statement describes her as a family physician and health officer for Wilson County and Fredonia.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
Definition of family physician
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  • And so should a family practitioner who went to osteopathic school.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
  • The company will sell directly to potential customers, alongside clinicians and family practitioners.
    — Erin Brodwin, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
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  • Then the 1815 Apothecaries’ Act in Britain required doctors to learn botany, and the demand for lectures surged, among both students and interested outsiders.
    — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2026
  • Jackson and its Miami Transplant Institute, for example, use doctors from the University of Miami Health System.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Definition of doctor
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  • One inherent issue in all medical specialties is that appropriate treatment is often in the eye of the physician beholder, meaning that specialists create the guidelines for when a treatment is in order.
    — Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • During an 1884 trip to Germany, Boston physician Marie Zakrzewska, one of the very few women doctors in the US, witnessed children having a whale of a time on the sand hills in Berlin’s parks.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 13 July 2026
Definition of physician

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“Family doctor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20doctor. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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