family physician

noun

Definition of family physiciannext
as in family doctor

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Recent Examples of family physician Mara Gordon is a family physician in Camden, New Jersey, and NPR's Real Talk With A Doc columnist. — Mara Gordon, NPR, 4 May 2026 Davis encourages patients to view their family physician as a partner in maintaining good health. — NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026 That is why every meaningful conversation about health and health care must include family physicians at the table. — Sarah C. Nosal, STAT, 24 Feb. 2026 The country is experiencing a significant shortage of doctors in primary care, leaving millions without a family physician and contributing to longer emergency room waits and poorer health outcomes. — Ahmad Mukhtar, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for family physician
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  1. family doctor
  2. family practitioner
  3. doctor
  4. physician
Noun
  • Asking them to lead your exit is like asking your family doctor to perform heart surgery.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Insurers pay family doctors the least and specialists the most, which explains the perpetual shortage of primary care providers.
    — Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle, 7 May 2026
Definition of family doctor
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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
Definition of family practitioner
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  • When reached by phone by CNN, one of the lead doctors for the trial, Yu Yongguo, declined to comment and hung up.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • That process happens anywhere in the world — including in the human gut, where microbes eat indigestible foods, and create a byproduct medical doctors might describe as flatulence.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • The safest and most sensible answer today is that AI is not ready to be independently licensed like a physician.
    — Humayun Chaudhry, STAT, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Michael Goldstein is a physician and attorney who has run to represent the district multiple times.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
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“Family physician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20physician. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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