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primary care

NOUN
first-contact medical care
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Despite being classed as a minor road, Turner Road is home to Colchester's hospital and a primary care centre.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The new guidelines call for doctors—from primary care to cardiology—to screen patients for metabolic risk factors and kidney function routinely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Within 15 minutes, he said, the primary care doctor was urging him to go see a neurologist.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

"Your primary care physician will know the constellation of your medical conditions and other medications you might be on," Padula said.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

We’ve had people come in saying they want to sue some specialist, and we’ll say, ‘We don’t think that doctor was negligent. We think it’s your primary care doctor who was at fault.’

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell



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