Definition of "family doctor" []

• A physician who practices the specialty of family medicine. Also called family physician, family practitioner. (noun)
• See general practitioner. (noun)

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• "Mike Barron, the family doctor from St. Louis, was slated to work with me in the ER."
• "That included the chair of Bravewell, Christy Mack, who, as the daughter of a family doctor in Greensboro, North Carolina, grew up watching her father treat patients in their home."
• "He had been put on a stimulant medication called Adderall by his family doctor because of his alleged distractibility."