practitioner : Idioms & Phrases
dental practitioner
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noun a person qualified to practice dentistry
dentist; tooth doctor.
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General practitioner
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noun a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses
GP.
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- in the United States, one who practices medicine in all its branches without confining himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices both as physician and as surgeon.
Webster 1913
medical practitioner
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noun someone who practices medicine
medical man.
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nurse practitioner
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noun a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician
NP; nurse clinician.
