| 单词 | general practitioner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeneral practitioner general practitioner n. (originally) a medical practitioner whose practice is not restricted to one branch of the profession; (now) a doctor based in the community and specializing in primary care, i.e. caring for those making an initial approach for medical advice and giving routine treatment. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > general practitioner > [noun] family physician1676 regular1716 family practitioner1754 family doctor1756 general practitioner1823 GP1877 1823 Lancet 23 Nov. 266/1 An Essay on the Education and duties of the general Practitioner in Medicine and Surgery. 1829 R. Gooch Acct. Some Dis. Women 75 A general practitioner, in large midwifery practice. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table i. 15 The ‘general practitioners’..had to recognize that people could get well, unpoisoned. 1920 Times 28 May 12/3 It is proposed to combine preventative and curative medicine locally in primary health centres, staffed by general practitioners, and centrally in secondary health centres staffed by consultants and specialists. 1961 Lancet 16 Sept. 662/1 Any general practitioner undertaking domiciliary midwifery should..have at hand..a transfusion giving set. 2002 P. Thomas What works, what Doesn't iv. 48 It's not very different from the way the average general practitioner works—making a diagnosis on the basis of an educated guess or a ‘hunch’. < as lemmas |
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