family practice
noun
: a medical practice or specialty which provides continuing general medical care for the individual and family
called also family medicine
Examples of family practice in a Sentence
She plans to enter family practice when she graduates from med school.
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In 2019, a national survey of OB-GYN, internal medicine and family practice residency programs revealed that 20% of graduating residents had received no lectures on menopause, and 6.8% felt unprepared to care for menopausal patients.
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Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 20 June 2025
Smith was a former family practice doctor who served in the Navy for a brief stint and later became an orthopedic surgeon, according to FOX News.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 24 May 2025
John Boyle was an osteopathic doctor who ran a family practice in Mansfield.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
As one of the few Black doctors in Kansas City after the Civil Rights era, Carter established a family practice that provided excellent care to local residents.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2025
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Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 20 June 2025
Smith was a former family practice doctor who served in the Navy for a brief stint and later became an orthopedic surgeon, according to FOX News.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 24 May 2025
John Boyle was an osteopathic doctor who ran a family practice in Mansfield.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
As one of the few Black doctors in Kansas City after the Civil Rights era, Carter established a family practice that provided excellent care to local residents.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Family practice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20practice. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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