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Definition: General Practitioner |
General PractitionerNoun1. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A medical practitioner who does not specialize in a particular branch of medicine or limit his practice to a specific class of diseases. (references) |
Occupations | Diagnoses and treats variety of diseases and injuries in general practice: Examines patients, using medical instruments and equipment. Orders or executes various tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient's condition. Analyzes reports and findings of tests and of examination, and diagnoses condition. Administers or prescribes treatments and drugs. Inoculates and vaccinates patients to immunize patients from communicable diseases. Advises patients concerning diet, hygiene, and methods for prevention of disease. Provides prenatal care to pregnant women, delivers babies, and provides postnatal care to mother and infant [OBSTETRICIAN (medical ser.) 070.101-054]. Reports births, deaths, and outbreak of contagious diseases to governmental authorities. Refers patients to medical specialist or other practitioner for specialized treatment. Performs minor surgery. May make house and emergency calls to attend to patients unable to visit office or clinic. May conduct physical examinations to provide information needed for admission to school, consideration for jobs, or eligibility for insurance coverage. May provide care for passengers and crew aboard ship and be designated Ship's Doctor (medical ser.). (references) |
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Synonym: General PractitionerSynonym: GP (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Doctor, physician, surgeon; medical practitioner, general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist, public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur, accoucheuse, midwife, oculist, aurist; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: General Practitioner |
| English words defined with "general practitioner": family doctor. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "general practitioner": ambulatory mental health care ♦ general practice ♦ primary medical care. (references) |
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Health | You can see a gynecologist, or a general practitioner or internist. (references) | |
Business | Promising healthcare service opportunities- applicable to both Chinese national and foreign expatriate patient populations- include general practitioner focused primary out-patient care, women's health, opthamalogic, dental, pediatric, geriatric, and cosmetic healthcare, psychiatric services, and also the accumulation of evidence-based data on the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in treating non-communicable diseases. (references) | |
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| Language | Translations for "general practitioner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mjek i praktikës të përgjithshme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | طبيب عام (surgeon general). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | praktický lékař. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | praktiserende laege. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | huisarts. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yleislääkäri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | omnipraticien, médecin généraliste, généraliste. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | praktischer Arzt (gp, practitioner), PA (Pa, Panama, Pascal, Personnel, protactinium, Republic of Panama), Arzt für Allgemeinmedizin, Allgemeinpraktiker. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רופא כללי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | általános orvos. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | medico generico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fer lhee obbragh, fer lhee cadjin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eneralgay actitionerpray médico generalista, médico clínico geral. (various references) doctor care practica medicinã generalã. (various references) врач общей практики. (various references) lekar (medic, physician). (various references) generalista, médico clínico. (various references) allmänläkare. (various references) stajyer avukat (devil, legal practitioner), pratisyen hekim (medical practitioner), pratisyen doktor, dava vekili (attorney, barrister, Barrister-at-law, counsel, counsellor-at-law, counselor-at-law, legal practitioner, pleader, Proctor, prog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-e-g-i-i-l-n-n-o-p-r-r-r-t-t" | |
-3 letters: intercorrelating. | |
-4 letters: intraperitoneal. | |
-5 letters: intercorrelate, reinterpreting. | |
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