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primary care

NOUN
first-contact medical care
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In many rural areas, health centers are sometimes the only source of primary care.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Wellbeing Square in Newhaven, which brings together primary care, community wellbeing and leisure services in one location, officially opened on Thursday.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Olver runs the menopause clinic at Aneurin Bevan's health board and said "we have definitely seen a very sharp increase in testosterone referrals from primary care - for women wanting to access it".

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Many people do not have primary care physicians, and often those who do cannot easily call up their doctors to ask questions.

From Slate Aug. 26, 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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