family doctornoun [ C ]
uk/ˌfæm.əl.i ˈdɒk.tər/us/ˌfæm.əl.i ˈdɑːk.tɚ/UK also GP, US also family practitionera doctor who provides general medical treatment for people who live in a particular area
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Medical treatment: doctors & health workers generally
- anaesthetist
- auxiliary nurse
- charge nurse
- clinician
- consultant
- dental practitioner/surgeon
- doctor's orders
- ENT
- houseman
- LPN
- medical examiner
- mo
- nurse
- nursing
- occupational therapy
- odontologist
- radiographer
- resident
- senior nursing officer
- specialist
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Examples from literature
- And I shall always marvel at our family doctor.
- He ran to call the family doctor, who lived some two blocks below on the same street.
- If any one in the family became ill the family doctor was called in as often as he was needed.
- My family doctor gave me nearly all kinds of blood medicine for over a year—all kinds of tonics to build up flesh, but nothing seemed to benefit me.
- Then you had better have them examined at once by your family doctor or by the school doctor.