general practitioner

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Recent Examples of general practitioner Even then, those symptoms are often misdiagnosed as being caused by respiratory ailments – this can happen even when a general practitioner listens to the patient's heart with a conventional single-sensor stethoscope. New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025 So far, computer models indicate that the algorithm should outperform general practitioners at accurately diagnosing VHD. University of Cambridge The device has already been tested on 40 healthy test subjects of various body sizes, half of them male and half of them female. New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025 Our island had only one general practitioner who wasn't a specialist. Edward Taguba, Health, 31 Mar. 2025 Top consultants who solve one specific problem for one specific audience can charge 5-10x what general practitioners do. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for general practitioner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for general practitioner
Noun
  • The Generalist Marketer: Advantages And Limitations Companies, particularly with limited budgets, often decide to hire a more junior or mid-level generalist who understands a little about a lot.
    Natalie Nathanson, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • The lineages with more diverse ecologies began to disappear, even the terrestrial generalists.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The company will sell directly to potential customers, alongside clinicians and family practitioners.
    Erin Brodwin, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Daphne Miller is a family physician and a clinical professor at UC San Francisco.
    Daphne Miller, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
  • There is a family physician at a medical clinic in the same area named Dr. Alsewaidi, but Newsweek cannot confirm if this is the same individual, as the doctor did not respond to a request for comment.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • However, some cooks find that this is a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none situation — an electric tortilla maker doesn’t produce the same quality of tortilla as a manual one.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
  • Oz then recognizes an opportunity to audition Vic as a jack-of-all-trades amid his bid to grab power following the Riddler’s murder of Gotham’s most notorious crime lord (and Oz’s boss), Carmine Falcone (John Turturro), in The Batman.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Hamdan was listed as a family doctor with links to the Cleveland Clinic, which told Newsweek that he had been previously employed by an affiliated hospital.
    Dan Gooding Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • For instance, in one of my company's developments in southern Ontario, a medical center opened and now houses seven general family doctors and surgeons.
    John Krpan, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The immaculate print appeared to this layman’s eye to look about as sharp as contemporary digital Imax, but with the celluloid origins and print adding additional richness.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The Papal Gentlemen—laymen who attend to the Pope’s private needs and aid in his displays of hospitality and diplomacy—acted as pallbearers in black suits, carrying the unadorned wooden casket that held Francis’s body.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Industry surveys show that only about half of men experiencing ED speak to a doctor, and even fewer discuss it with their partners.
    Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Gordo and a sibling became attorneys; another is a doctor and yet another is an educator.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Some physicians who once offered IVF as a standard treatment, like one of the authors here (Dr. Rubal), have grown deeply concerned about its ethical implications.
    Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • For example, under the current reimbursement system, Medicare compensates hospitals more than independent physician offices for performing the same service.
    Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

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