family doctor
noun /ˌfæməli ˈdɒktə(r)/
/ˌfæməli ˈdɑːktər/
(also general practitioner, GP, family practitioner)
() (North American English usually primary care physician, PCP)
- a doctor who is trained in general medicine and who treats patients in a local community rather than at a hospitalTopics Medicineb1