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Family practice(health)
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respectively (iou) and Family practice (health)


respectively (iou)



respectively adverb. LME.
[from RESPECTIVE adjective + -LY2.]
I. Relatively; comparatively. (Foll. by to.) LME-M18.
Relatively to each of those in question individually; singly, separately; each individually or in turn, and in the order mentioned. Cf. earlier RESPECTIVE adverb. E17.
Scott Fitzgerald The crowd had split into two sections, following, respectively, the man on a stretcher and the girl. N. Mandela The last men to be sentenced..received twelve and seven years respectively.
II. Carefully, attentively; with due consideration. M16-L17.
Respectfully; deferentially. Now rare. L16.

Family practice (health)


The medical specialty which provides continuing and comprehensive Health care for the individual and family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family practice encompasses all ages, both sexes, each organ system, and every disease entity.