general practitioner

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a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses

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I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts. Theodore Bikel

A general practitioner is a doctor who treats what you've got; a specialist is a doctor who finds you've got what he treats. Sydney J. Harris

For the general practitioner a well-used library is one of the few correctives of the premature senility which is so apt to take him. William Osler

Free access to a general practitioner is a core right in the NHS, but private insurers in the UK will not pay for payments to a private primary care physician. Source: Internet

"This programme routinely tests samples collected from patients with influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms (eg fever and cough) obtained from general practitioner clinics and polyclinics for common respiratory viruses including influenza viruses." Source: Internet

A general practitioner can treat most types of tonsillitis. Source: Internet

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