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When a doctor is in ~, 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 specifically for ~.
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General practice is also a noun.
The sample was selected from the medical records of two ~s.
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When lawyers deal with all kinds of legal matters, rather than specializing in one kind of law, you can say they have a ~ or are in ~. (mainly AM)
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