as in family doctor
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Recent Examples of family physician
One step in her normal daily routine was eating oatmeal, according to Dr. Mike Sevilla, a family physician at Salem Family Care in Salem, Ohio.
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Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
Your family physician or child’s pediatrician can provide a referral to a specialist for an evaluation and treatment.
—Carrie E. Bearden, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2025
Robert told his family physician the truth around the same time.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
There are two parts of the nervous system — the sympathetic and the parasympathetic, said Beth Oller, M.D., a family physician with Rooks County Health Center in Stockton, Kansas.
—Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
Your family physician or child’s pediatrician can provide a referral to a specialist for an evaluation and treatment.
—Carrie E. Bearden, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2025
Robert told his family physician the truth around the same time.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
There are two parts of the nervous system — the sympathetic and the parasympathetic, said Beth Oller, M.D., a family physician with Rooks County Health Center in Stockton, Kansas.
—Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family physician
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Pediatricians and family doctors now should learn about diseases relegated to history, Besser added.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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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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The company will sell directly to potential customers, alongside clinicians and family practitioners.—
Erin Brodwin,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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As the public health system in the Netherlands is increasingly strained, and short of family practitioners, that model of care is becoming less common.—
Stephanie Nolen,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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Aid groups and doctors warn that the Trump administration’s funding cuts to USAID are likely to cause thousands of unnecessary deaths and a rise in TB infections worldwide.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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Things got so bad that Devine’s doctors diagnosed him with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), more formally known as Moersch-Woltman Syndrome.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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