primary care
noun
medical care by a physician, or other health-care professional, who is the patient's first contact with the health-care system and who may recommend a specialist if necessary.
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Origin of primary care
First recorded in 1970–75
Related forms
pri·mary-care, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for primary care
He says the psychiatric resident did ask her to see her primary-care physician.
With Obamacare on the horizon and a growing shortage of primary-care physicians rising fast, nurses could fill the void.
The work is ceaseless and routine to the point of tedium—and almost half of primary-care physicians are burnt out.
Incredibly, there is much more money flagged for that goal than for easing the critical shortage of primary-care physicians.
Medicine definitions for primary care
primary care
n.
The initial medical care given by a health care provider to a patient, especially as part of regular, ambulatory care, and sometimes followed by referral to other medical providers.
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