General Practitioner Definition

noun
A physician whose practice is not oriented to a specific medical specialty but instead covers a variety of medical problems in patients of all ages.
American Heritage Medicine
A practicing physician who does not specialize in any particular field of medicine.
Webster's New World

A physician who provides primary care; treating acute and chronic illnesses and providing preventive care and health education; a family doctor.

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Synonyms:
  • gp

Other Word Forms of General Practitioner

Noun

Singular:
general practitioner
Plural:
general-practitioners

General Practitioner Sentence Examples

  • Toward the end of his career at the bar, however, he changed from a general practitioner to a patent lawyer, and as such had a lucrative practice.

  • A soothsayer was a general practitioner in his art, not attached to any one god or temple.

  • In early 1986, she began to suffer from chest pains and her general practitioner at the time diagnosed angina and commenced treatment.

  • They also often contain a summary of procedures undertaken and advice for discharge for the patient's general practitioner or family doctor.

  • I remain, despite my many years of veterinary politics at BVA and on various Government committees, a veterinary general practitioner.

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