general practitioners

noun

plural of general practitioner
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as in generalists

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as in family practitioners

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  1. laymen
  2. physicians
  3. doctors
Noun
  • Hundreds of laymen, actuated solely by idle curiosity, received little more than a crick in the neck for their pains.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Some prominent conservative Catholic laymen, like Fox News host Sean Hannity, have risen to Trump’s defense.
    — W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of laymen
Noun
  • Hospital physicians would later detail her case in a 2019 medical journal article without naming X2.
    — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Swelling and spinal shock can cloud the earliest neurological picture, and physicians repeat examinations over time for good reason, as many people once given a grave prognosis go on to recover.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of physicians
Noun
  • Adames was scheduled to meet with team doctors on Monday night.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • After that, the team was inundated with requests from doctors seeking diagnostic help.
    — Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of doctors
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“General practitioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/general%20practitioners. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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