family practice
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈfæmɪli ˈpræktɪs/
- Specialized
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medicina familiar
- Dr. Smith runs a successful family practice that caters to patients of all ages.
- family practice physician
- family practice residency
- primary care family practice
Examples
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That you were doing volunteer family practice down South somewhere.
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The largest share of those doctors specialized in family practice, internal medicine, and emergency care.
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Right, so you have a family practice?
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Objectives: This study was undertaken in a family practice setting.
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Internal medicine doctors were more likely to detect and treat high blood pressure than family practice doctors.
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So I started taking Sophie to this new family practice.
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Students must submit three letters of recommendation, one of which must be from a family practice physician.
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Sometimes doctors in a family practice will accept unvaccinated children.
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Family practice is a broad-based primary care medical specialty emphasizing continuity of care and treating the whole person.
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In a "staff model" HMO, the health insurer employs family practice doctors who treat health plan members for basic health problems and decide whether to refer them to a specialist.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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2.8
The work doctors do to care for patients
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3.1
Medical care for people of all ages and their families
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a medical practice serving families/primary care' is directly derivable from combining 'family' (relating to household/relatives) with 'practice' (a doctor's place of work). This noun+noun composition is a common and transparent English pattern and has clear parallels in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand the MWE.
Etymology
The term family practice comes from the simple idea of one doctor looking after a whole family. So a family practice became a place where the same doctor treated children and adults, and today it means a clinic that cares for people of all ages.