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Definition of General practice
1. Noun. The conduct of a profession, especially medicine or law, as a general practitioner, without a specialty. ¹
2. Noun. A place where a general practitioner works. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of General practice
1. A term for physicians who care for all types of medical problems, including internal medical, paediatric, obstetrical, and surgical diseases. Post-graduate training for general practitioners was limited and there was no specialty certification; the field has been replaced by more extensively trained family practitioners. (05 Mar 2000)