general practice
1general practice — general practices 1) N UNCOUNT When a doctor is in general practice, he or she treats sick people at a surgery or office, or visits them at home, and does not specialize in a particular type of medicine. In recent years, doctors have been trained …
2general practice — ➔ practice * * * general practice UK US noun [C] LAW ► in the US, the work of a law firm that does many different types of legal work: »The firm grew to become a national firm with 150 offices and 300 lawyers focused on general practice and… …
3general practice — noun 1. ) uncount the work of a doctor who treats people for a wide range of medical problems, rather than concentrating on a specific type of medical problem 2. ) count the place or organization where a doctor in general practice works: Dr.… …
4general practice — noun The work of a general practitioner, a doctor who treats patients for most illnesses or complaints, referring other cases to specialists • • • Main Entry: ↑general …
5general practice — general practitioner ► NOUN ▪ a community doctor who treats patients with minor or chronic illnesses. DERIVATIVES general practice noun …
6general practice — n 1.) [U] the work of a doctor or lawyer who deals with all the ordinary types of illnesses or legal cases, rather than one specific type 2.) a group of lawyers or doctors who do all types of work …
7general practice — UK / US noun Word forms general practice : singular general practice plural general practices [uncountable] the work of a doctor who treats people for a wide range of medical problems, rather than concentrating on a specific type of medical… …
8General Practice Research Database — The General Practice Research Database (GPRD) is a large database of anonymised medical records from GP practices around the UK. The database is considered by many to be the gold standard of longitudinal anonymised patient databases from primary… …
9General Practice Residency — A General Practice Residency (GPR) is a one or two year hospital based postgraduate training program for dentists seeking additional education in all aspects of general dentistry or improving his dental/surgical skill level prior to entering… …
10General Practice Vocational Training Scheme — The General Practice Vocational Training Scheme (GPVTS) is the route to training of UK General Practitioners on completion of the Foundation Year Programme. These training schemes have become enormously popular over the last few years and places… …
