family doctors

Definition of family doctorsnext
plural of family doctor

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family doctors
Noun
  • Some cases are referred to physicians for medical or psychiatric review when additional evaluation is needed.
    Natalia V. Osipova, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Many of those claims, which physicians must help their patients sort out, come from the very administration advocating for physician nutrition education.
    Christopher Duggan, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The American Jewish community responded to the Yom Kippur War, which killed nearly three thousand Israeli soldiers, by flooding Israel with donations; doctors and students volunteered to join the war effort.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • However, in a pair of letters to the editor published in the Journal of Pediatrics, doctors criticized the article as hyped.
    David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Family doctors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20doctors. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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