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primary care
noun
- medical care by a physician, or other healthcare professional, who is the patient's first contact with the healthcare system and who may recommend a specialist if necessary.
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Other Words From
- primary-care adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of primary care1
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Example Sentences
The same test was also recommended by my new primary-care doctor, another “in-network” provider.
Poppy Morgan went to her primary care doctor in 2010 because she desperately wanted to take a risk.
So then why end up here versus the primary care equivalent of a Midas for a simple checkup?
When you have a good primary care physician, he is always there for you.
Therefore, the insurer is paying your primary care doctor $72 a year per patient—out of the $7,200 a year paid to the insurer.
Our primary care must be to keep the habits of the mind flexible and adapted to the movement of real life.
It is but an instinct—the primary care of their lives—the secret spring of their power.
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