Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - general practice

(general practices) 1. When a doctor is in general practice, he or she treats sick people at a surgery or office, or visits them at home, and does not specialize in a particular type of medicine. In recent years, doctors have been trained specifically for general practice. N-UNCOUNT • General practice is also a noun. The sample was selected from the medical records of two general practices. N-COUNT 2. When lawyers deal with all kinds of legal matters, rather than specializing in one kind of law, you can say they have a general practice or are in general practice. (mainly AM) N-UNCOUNT