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general practitioner
n. Abbr. GP
A physician whose practice is not oriented to a specific medical specialty but instead covers a variety of medical problems in patients of all ages. Also called family doctor.
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general practitioner
n
(Medicine) a physician who does not specialize but has a medical practice (general practice) in which he or she deals with all illnesses. Informal name: family doctor Abbreviation: GP
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gen′eral practi′tioner
n.
a medical practitioner whose practice is not limited to any specific branch of medicine. Abbr.: G.P.
[1880–85]
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| Noun | 1. | general practitioner - a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses country doctor - a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital; "do country doctors still make house calls?" doc, doctor, physician, Dr., MD, medico - a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" family doctor - a general practitioner who treats all the family members |
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praktický lékař
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general
(ˈdʒenərəl) adjective1. of, involving etc all, most or very many people, things etc. The general feeling is that he is stupid; His general knowledge is good although he is not good at mathematics.
2. covering a large number of cases. a general rule.
3. without details. I'll just give you a general idea of the plan.
4. (as part of an official title) chief. the Postmaster General.
noun in the British army, (a person of) the rank next below field marshal. General Smith.
ˈgeneralize, ˈgeneralise verb1. to make a general rule etc that can be applied to many cases, based on a number of cases. He's trying to generalize from only two examples.
2. to talk (about something) in general terms. We should stop generalizing and discuss each problem separately.
ˌgeneraliˈzation, ˌgeneraliˈsation nounˈgenerally adverb
usually; by most people; on the whole. He is generally disliked; He generally wins.
General Certificate of EducationGCEgeneral election an election in which the voters in every constituency are involved.
general practitionerGPgeneral store a shop that sells a wide range of goods.
as a general rule usually; in most cases. As a general rule, we don't employ unskilled workers.
in general usually; in most cases; most of (a group of people etc). People in general were not very sympathetic; People were in general not very sympathetic.
the general public the people of a town, country etc, considered as a group.
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