general practitioner

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Recent Examples of general practitioner Even then, those symptoms are often misdiagnosed as being caused by respiratory ailments – this can happen even when a general practitioner listens to the patient's heart with a conventional single-sensor stethoscope. New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025 So far, computer models indicate that the algorithm should outperform general practitioners at accurately diagnosing VHD. University of Cambridge The device has already been tested on 40 healthy test subjects of various body sizes, half of them male and half of them female. New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025 Our island had only one general practitioner who wasn't a specialist. Edward Taguba, Health, 31 Mar. 2025 Top consultants who solve one specific problem for one specific audience can charge 5-10x what general practitioners do. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for general practitioner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for general practitioner
Noun
  • Teams that look too homogeneous (e.g., all engineers or all generalists) raise concerns.
    Abdo Riani, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • The Ambush Bass are ambush predators and predatory generalists (read: what do bass eat).
    Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The company will sell directly to potential customers, alongside clinicians and family practitioners.
    Erin Brodwin, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Brown, the founder and executive director, is utilizing her ten years of experience as a family physician to focus on addressing and informing Black women in the Charlotte area.
    Lauren-Kennedy Brown, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2025
  • Ghost poops could also be a sign of strong gut muscles that help ensure proper stool formation, complete evacuation, and strong and coordinated contractions, Mike Sevilla, MD, a family physician at Salem Family Care, told Health.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Baldwin’s line-drive stroke from both sides of the plate increases his value as a jack-of-all-trades sort.
    Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • This jack-of-all-trades approach, at a starting price of only $2,368, resulted in 420,000 examples being sold the first year.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Hamdan was listed as a family doctor with links to the Cleveland Clinic, which told Newsweek that he had been previously employed by an affiliated hospital.
    Dan Gooding Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • For instance, in one of my company's developments in southern Ontario, a medical center opened and now houses seven general family doctors and surgeons.
    John Krpan, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • India’s lower batting order stunk the place out in layman’s terms - a crucial difference between winning and losing.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • The immaculate print appeared to this layman’s eye to look about as sharp as contemporary digital Imax, but with the celluloid origins and print adding additional richness.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Kennedy praised that doctor and his methods in a visit to the region.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 8 July 2025
  • If your dry mouth is chronic and/or caused by a Sjogren’s or a side effect of radiation, your doctor may write you a prescription for a drug that increases natural saliva production like pilocarpine (Salagen) or cevimeline (Evoxac).
    Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Thousands of foreign medical residents fill gaps in U.S. hospitals The U.S. is projected to face a physician shortage in the next 11 years, per the Assn.
    Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
  • Perhaps more important is what many physicians do with the results.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025

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“General practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/general%20practitioner. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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