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In English, there have been many synonyms for physician, both gray-haired and new, with some semantic variation |
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| The noun phrase medical practitioner is perhaps the most widely understood and neutral synonym |
| Medical practitioner is lengthy but inclusive: it covers both medical specialists and humdrum practitioners (family physician, family practitioner), and historically would include physicians (in the confined sense), surgeons or apothecaries |
| In England, Baltimore Spine Doctor apothecaries historically included those who now would be called general practitioners and pharmacists. |
However, medical practitioners often elbow grease far-off and inflexible hours, with shifts at unsociable times, and may earn less than other professionals whose education is of comparable length.