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Definition of General practitioner
1. Noun. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
Specialized synonyms: Country Doctor, Family Doctor
Generic synonyms: Doc, Doctor, Dr., Md, Medico, Physician
Definition of General practitioner
1. Noun. A physician who provides primary care; treating acute and chronic illnesses and providing preventive care and health education; a family doctor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of General practitioner
1. (GP) a medically qualified doctor who practices general medicine as a family practitioner. Some GPs are also qualified in specialised medicine and in Malaysia, the majority of specialists also practise as general practitioners although the trend may be changing. (16 Dec 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of General Practitioner
Literary usage of General practitioner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"Observation of Fibroids by the general practitioner. ... The responsibility
resting upon the general practitioner who has a case of uterine fibroid under ..."
2. The Lancet (1842)
"The general practitioner should aim at another kind of excellence: "He," according to
... It is the interest of the general practitioner Hi ¡it this tacit ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1906)
"A COMPLAINT very often heard from the The Revolt general practitioner is that
... The patient is taken into a home, and the general practitioner knoweth him ..."
4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Disliking the idea of settling down in the country as a general practitioner, At
first his professional progress wns so slow that he seems to have doubted ..."
5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"Intended to serve as a reference book for the general practitioner. •• no attempt
has been made to discuss debate- able questions," and " hence ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"Observation of Fibroids by the general practitioner. ... The responsibility
resting upon the general practitioner who has a case of uterine fibroid under ..."
7. The Lancet (1842)
"The general practitioner should aim at another kind of excellence: "He," according to
... It is the interest of the general practitioner Hi ¡it this tacit ..."
8. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1906)
"A COMPLAINT very often heard from the The Revolt general practitioner is that
... The patient is taken into a home, and the general practitioner knoweth him ..."
9. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Disliking the idea of settling down in the country as a general practitioner, At
first his professional progress wns so slow that he seems to have doubted ..."
10. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"Intended to serve as a reference book for the general practitioner. •• no attempt
has been made to discuss debate- able questions," and " hence ..."
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