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family physician






family physician   
noun

Definition of family physician

: a doctor specializing in family practice

— called also family doctor




Recent Examples on the Web


//Meanwhile, family physician Carolynn Francavilla Brown, 35, was rushing to the scene, still carrying her own 11-month-old child.
— Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, "They saved an infant at the Denver Zoo. Then they got to meet her.," 23 Sep. 2019
//Since the age of 20, Rita has held her Registered Nursing license and worked at Saint Mary's Hospital, Middlesex Hospital, and numerous family physician's offices throughout the CT shoreline area.
— courant.com, "Rita Gertrude Alexander," 29 Aug. 2019
//Erica Sontheimer, an American magazine editor living in Australia, learned about the Damianis' story one afternoon while having tea with one of her writers who is also a family physician.
— Wired, "One Scientist’s Quest to Bring DNA Sequencing to Every Sick Kid," 30 Aug. 2019
//Ten percent of family physicians offered group appointments in 2015, up from 5.7 percent in 2005, the American Academy of Family Physicians reports.
— Suzanne Allard Levingston, Washington Post, "Going to the doctor in a group means better health for some patients," 2 June 2018
//Here are Merritt Hawkins' findings that underscore how demand for specialists has surpassed even the still-robust bidding for family physicians.
— Shawn Tully, Fortune, "Trouble Seeing a Specialist? Here’s What’s Driving the ‘Doctor Draught’," 15 July 2019
//Phil Miller, the Merritt Hawkins communications chief who authors their reports, notes that family physicians graduating from residency programs are still in high demand, and typically receive multiple job offers.
— Shawn Tully, Fortune, "Trouble Seeing a Specialist? Here’s What’s Driving the ‘Doctor Draught’," 15 July 2019
//Tisha Rowe, a family physician in Houston, was on the June 30 flight from Jamaica to Miami with her 8-year-old son.
— Janelle Griffith, NBC News, "American Airlines apologizes to woman required to cover up on flight," 11 July 2019
//Rowe, 37, is a family physician in Houston and founded a telemedicine company in 2014.
— Neil Vigdor, BostonGlobe.com, "Woman required to cover up on American Airlines flight says race was a factor," 10 July 2019


First Known Use of family physician

1796, in the meaning defined above



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