- family practice
- fam′ily prac′ticen.med medical specialization in general practice that requires additional training and leads to board certification. Also called fam′ily med′icinefam′ily practi′tioner, n.
From formal English to slang. 2014.
family practice
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family practice — family practitioner. medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification. * * * or family medicine or general practice Field of medicine that stresses comprehensive… … Universalium
family practice — n a medical practice or specialty which provides continuing general medical care for the individual and family abbr. FP called also family medicine * * * the medical specialty concerned with the planning and provision of the comprehensive primary … Medical dictionary
family practice — n [U] a part of medical practice in the US in which doctors learn to treat general health problems of people of all ages … Dictionary of contemporary English
family practice — noun uncount the work of a doctor who deals with general health problems, especially those relating to families ╾ ,family prac titioner noun count … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
family practice — noun medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit • Syn: ↑family medicine • Hypernyms: ↑medical practice * * * noun : a medical practice or specialty which provides continuing… … Useful english dictionary
family practice — UK / US noun [uncountable] Word forms family practice : singular family practice plural family practices the work of a doctor who deals with general health problems, especially those relating to families Derived word: family practitioner noun… … English dictionary
Family Practice Notebook — The Family Practice Notebook is a medical database focused on family practice.It is maintained by Scott Moses, MD, a physician from Minnesota.External links* [http://www.fpnotebook.com/index.htm Home] * [http://www.fpnotebook.com/about.htm… … Wikipedia
family practice — noun Date: 1969 a medical practice or specialty which provides continuing general medical care for the individual and family called also family medicine … New Collegiate Dictionary
family practice — noun (U) AmE a part of medical practice in the US in which doctors learn to treat general health problems and problems connected with families and people of all ages family practitioner / ... . .../ noun (C) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
family practice — branch of medicine which provides general medical care for the whole family, family medicine … English contemporary dictionary
