as in family doctor
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Recent Examples of family physician
Your family physician or child’s pediatrician can provide a referral to a specialist for an evaluation and treatment.
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Carrie E. Bearden, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2025
Parents should also discuss any concerns with their family physician.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
Vashishtha is a family physician and the medical director of a community health center in City Heights.
—Devesh Vashishtha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Those include scheduling outdoor activities during cooler parts of the day, maintaining proper hydration, and checking all medications with a family physician to identify any potential issues.
—Khloe Quill, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2025
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Carrie E. Bearden, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2025
Parents should also discuss any concerns with their family physician.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
Vashishtha is a family physician and the medical director of a community health center in City Heights.
—Devesh Vashishtha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Those include scheduling outdoor activities during cooler parts of the day, maintaining proper hydration, and checking all medications with a family physician to identify any potential issues.
—Khloe Quill, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family physician
Noun
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And, as always, caregivers can always call their family doctor with any concerns, Oller adds.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA TODAY,
16 Mar. 2025
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Florida’s slowdown in kindergarten vaccinations, which began after COVID arrived five years ago, mirrors a nationwide decrease in a post-pandemic world where politics, misinformation and personal freedom have muddied vaccination guidance and reduced trust in what the family doctor recommends.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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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The company will sell directly to potential customers, alongside clinicians and family practitioners.—
Erin Brodwin,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Eventually, a third doctor removed it in the operating room.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
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In such cases, law-enforcement officers—but also, at times, doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel, mostly working for private corporations—watch for days, weeks, and months as ailing people waste away in their care.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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What’s the statistic there, the average ER physician has to see a patient every three to four minutes?—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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What happens when a bride returning on a flight from her honeymoon – and who is a family medicine physician – starts to feel intense chest pain and nausea and an emergency room physician are on the same flight?—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Family physician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20physician. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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