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Definition of Family doctor
1. Noun. A general practitioner who treats all the family members.
Definition of Family doctor
1. Noun. A practitioner of family medicine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Doctor
Literary usage of Family doctor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"It is the family doctor who is successful as a general medical ... The influence
of the family doctor decides who shall be the surgical operator in the ..."
2. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Any doctor may take part In the family doctor Scheme, provided the area in which he
... When people are away from home they can still use the family doctor ..."
3. New Guide to Health: Or, Botanic Family Physician, Containing a Complete by Samuel Thomson (1835)
"If traced back, it will be found that the family consumption began with the family
doctor; and so it will continue as long as you employ one. ..."