GP
noun/ˌdʒiː ˈpiː/
/ˌdʒiː ˈpiː/
- (especially British English) a doctor who is trained in general medicine and who works in the local community, not in a hospital (the abbreviation for ‘general practitioner’)
- Go and see your GP as soon as possible.
- There are four GPs in our local practice.
- Her GP referred her to a specialist.
CultureGPs can write prescriptions (= instructions that allow people to obtain medicines), and may recommend that a person goes to see a specialist in a particular disease. Patients are usually treated at the doctor's surgery, and may also be visited at home. GPs are employed by the National Health Service but they may also have some private patients.Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsc2, Healthcarec2- They arranged for the local on-call GP to make a house call to the patient.
- Who is your local GP?
- You should register with a GP as soon as possible.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excellent
- good
- qualified
- …
- register with
- refer somebody
- one of a series of important international races for racing cars or motorcycles (the abbreviation for ‘Grand Prix’)
- The driver competed in only four GPs this season.
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