as in family physician
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Recent Examples of family doctor
Trying to get help from a family physician Adult children, seeking to avoid conflict, may ask the family doctor for guidance.
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Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2024
Patinkin, whose arc will span two episodes, plays a family doctor who visits Bronx General.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 14 July 2024
In a 2022 survey of PMDD patients published in the Journal of Women’s Health, more than a third of participants said their family doctors had little knowledge of the premenstrual disorder or how to treat it.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
This is partly because of a shortage of physicians, especially family doctors.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 2 May 2024
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Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2024
Patinkin, whose arc will span two episodes, plays a family doctor who visits Bronx General.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 14 July 2024
In a 2022 survey of PMDD patients published in the Journal of Women’s Health, more than a third of participants said their family doctors had little knowledge of the premenstrual disorder or how to treat it.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
This is partly because of a shortage of physicians, especially family doctors.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 2 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family doctor
Noun
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Robert told his family physician the truth around the same time.—
Michelle Orange,
Harper's Magazine,
14 Dec. 2023
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There are two parts of the nervous system — the sympathetic and the parasympathetic, said Beth Oller, M.D., a family physician with Rooks County Health Center in Stockton, Kansas.—
Erica Lamberg,
Fox News,
8 Dec. 2024
Noun
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If a referral is needed, ask your regular healthcare provider, such as a family practitioner, primary care provider, or, in some cases, a gynecologist.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
25 Nov. 2024
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Robert Jeffrey Zimmer was born on Nov. 5, 1947, in New York City to Dr. Max Zimmer, a family practitioner in the West Village of Manhattan, and Harriet (Brokaw) Mr. Zimmer, who managed her husband’s medical office.—
Sam Roberts,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 May 2023
Noun
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New this season, doctors from the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at UConn Health will be set up on the concourse to offer free cancer screenings and education, as well as skin cancer checks prior to the game in the atrium.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
21 Jan. 2025
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Guthrie remembers calling her doctor in a panic, sure that the tightness that had taken hold in her chest was a heart attack.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Family doctor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20doctor. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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