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family practice

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noun

  1. medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.


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Controversial plans that would have meant patients would be allocated a dentist for each check-up, rather than staying with a family practice, have been dropped.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2025

Reddy’s family practice is participating in a one-year demonstration project launched in January intended to reduce that burden by having multiple insurers work together in one payment plan.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2025

By opting to be more open about his health struggles, Charles has diverged from long family practice.

From New York Times Feb. 6, 2024

In a survey of 216 rural hospitals in 10 states, family practice doctors delivered babies in 67% of the hospitals, and at 27% of the hospitals they were the only ones who delivered babies.

From Salon Jan. 4, 2024

There was a grateful note, a visit, a friendship, and now the well-known firm of Mason and Wilkinson is doing the largest family practice in Sutton.

From Round the Red Lamp by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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