FAMILY PHYSICIANS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

family physicians

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plural of family physician

as in family doctors

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What began as a public hospital has evolved into one of the nation’s leading academic health systems — advancing groundbreaking research, educating generations of physicians and caregivers, and providing world-class care to patients.

— Pradeep Khosla, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2026
Staffing challenges during this period led to Saint Alphonsus leaning heavily on locum tenens physicians — traveling doctors assigned by specialized agencies to fill shifts on a contract basis — for its trauma department.

— Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 16 July 2026

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Already large clinical trials are testing if certain drugs could prevent or at least delay the disease — and if any of those pan out, doctors will need an easy way to tell who should try them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 July 2026
In patients with positive results, primary care doctors were less likely to diagnose Alzheimer’s at the time of the visit, preferring to refer patients with worrisome results to specialists for further examination.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

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