general practitioner
noun
: a physician or veterinarian whose practice is not limited to a specialty
broadly
: generalist
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Our family doctor is a general practitioner.
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After visiting her general practitioner for possible solutions, she was prescribed steroid creams.
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Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
The show follows brilliant surgeon Martin Best (Josh Charles), who leaves his prestigious Boston career behind to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing town.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 9 June 2026
Doyle attended medical school in Edinburgh and worked as a ship’s physician and general practitioner in England.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Many of the new prescriptions have been written by general practitioners, rather than weight-loss specialists.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
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Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
The show follows brilliant surgeon Martin Best (Josh Charles), who leaves his prestigious Boston career behind to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing town.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 9 June 2026
Doyle attended medical school in Edinburgh and worked as a ship’s physician and general practitioner in England.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Many of the new prescriptions have been written by general practitioners, rather than weight-loss specialists.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for general practitioner
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general practitioner
noun
: a physician or veterinarian whose practice is not limited to a specialty
Dr. Thomas, Sr., could carry virtually the full armamentarium of the medicine of his day in a single black bag, and very nearly all of medical knowledge in his head. Today the general practitioner is a vanishing breed, and specialists cannot use their time effectively traveling from patient to patient.—John Steele Gordon, American Heritage
John Steele Gordon, American HeritageThe primary-care doctor is gaining new respect in Washington. Battles may be breaking out left and right over the various health-care bills emerging from Congress, but reformers on both sides agree that general practitioners should be given a central role in uniting the fragmented U.S. medical system.—Catherine Arnst, Business Week
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