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family practice
noun
: the work of providing general medical care for people of all ages
Full Definition of FAMILY PRACTICE
: a medical practice or specialty which provides continuing general medical care for the individual and family —called also family medicine
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First Known Use of FAMILY PRACTICE
1969
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family practice
noun
Medical Definition of FAMILY PRACTICE
: a medical practice or specialty which provides continuing general medical care for the individual and family—abbreviation FP; called also family medicine
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