FAMILY PRACTITIONER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

family practitioner

noun

as in family doctor

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Recent Examples of family practitioner 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 As the public health system in the Netherlands is increasingly strained, and short of family practitioners, that model of care is becoming less common. — Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025 If a referral is needed, ask your regular healthcare provider, such as a family practitioner, primary care provider, or, in some cases, a gynecologist. — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 25 Nov. 2024 He was awarded a $125,000 Chick Evans Scholarship, which will enable him to attend the University of Washington, study biological sciences and pursue his dream of becoming a family practitioner. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023

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But right at that moment Giovanni Di Lillo, a family doctor who had retired over twenty years earlier, had happened to be passing by during his morning constitutional along the coast.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Asking them to lead your exit is like asking your family doctor to perform heart surgery.

— Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Definition of family doctor

Noun

In some cases, added Alexa Mieses Malchuk, MD, a family physician based in Pennsylvania, a result may not be useful regardless of how accurately it’s interpreted.

— Cathy Cassata, HEALTH, 21 Aug. 2026
But the homes can’t have a doctor of their own on staff, and a family physician working for the state will be required to visit them once a month.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of family physician

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This plan will break up monopolies, lower medical debt, bring down the cost of prescription drugs, and ensure doctors decide what medication their patients need — not insurance companies.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
The baby was last, which might have been why doctors were able to briefly restart a heartbeat once he was rushed to the hospital after his father returned home.

— Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

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