FAMILY PRACTICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family practice mean? 

• FAMILY PRACTICE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY PRACTICE has 1 sense:

1. medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit

  Familiarity information: FAMILY PRACTICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PRACTICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

family medicine; family practice

Hypernyms ("family practice" is a kind of...):

medical practice (the practice of medicine)

 Context examples 

A registered nurse who has additional education and training in a specialty area such as family practice and who is accredited through the national board exam.

(Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)