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general practitioner

noun

  1. a medical practitioner whose practice is not limited to any specific branch of medicine or class of diseases. : G.P.


general practitioner

noun

  1. a physician who does not specialize but has a medical practice ( general practice ) in which he deals with all illnesses Informal namefamily doctor GP
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of general practitioner1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

Your general practitioner can connect you with a physical therapist, or you can find one through the American Physical Therapy Association’s nationwide Find a PT database.

Eventually, as many as 1,000 vaccination centers, operated by groups of general practitioners, will come online, the government said.

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Akinsemoyin previously worked as a general practitioner in private practice.

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As a result, Hector DePena, a small-time general practitioner who had never tried a major case before a jury, represented DeLuna.

We had a guest from the U.K., Sir Brian Jarman, a general practitioner from London.

Where did she get this experience as a general practitioner?

It isn't fair on a general practitioner to take him for a walk and get at his professional secrets.

That was supposed to be bad in a general practitioner, good in a specialist.

What was the good of this man who wasn't a general practitioner?

At that moment there arrived Dr. Wood, a brisk and capable general practitioner from the village.

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