"medical practitioner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: medical practitioners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} medical practitioner (plural medical practitioners)
  1. (formal) A person who practices medicine, especially one licensed to do so, such as a physician, dentist, surgeon, or veterinarian. Tags: formal Categories (topical): Healthcare occupations, People Translations (one who practices medicine): 行醫者 (Chinese Mandarin), 行医者 (xíngyīzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), lääkäri (Finnish), praktisi medis (Indonesian), pengamal perubatan (Malay), แพทย์ (pɛ̂ɛt) (Thai)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "one who practices medicine",
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      "sense": "one who practices medicine",
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      "sense": "one who practices medicine",
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