| FPP | faculty practice plan; free portal pressure |
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| GLP | glucagon-like peptide; glucose-L-phosphate; glycolipoprotein; good laboratory practice; group living... |
| GMP | glucose monophosphate; good manufacturing practice; granule membrane protein; guanosine monophosphat... |
| GP | gangliocytic paraganglioma; gastroplasty; general paralysis, general paresis; general practice, gene... |
| GPA | Goodpasture antigen; grade point average; Group Practice Association; guinea pig albumin |
| family medicine | The medical specialty concerned with providing continuous, comprehensive care to all age groups, from first patient contact to terminal care, with special emphasis on care of the family as a unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| family physician | <specialist> A physician expert in the management of a wide scope of health problems in adults and children. Once referred to as a general practitioner or family practice physicians. (15 Nov 1997) |
| family planning | Programs or services designed to assist the family in controlling reproduction by either improving or diminishing fertility. (12 Dec 1998) |
| family planning policy | A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, to guide and determine present and future decisions on population control by limiting the number of children or controlling fertility, notably through family planning and contraception within the nuclear family. (12 Dec 1998) |
| family predisposition | <genetics> A disease or condition that is present in a blood relative (grandparent, parent or sibling). (27 Sep 1997) |
| family relations | Behavioural, psychological, and social relations among various members of the nuclear family and the extended family. (12 Dec 1998) |
| family therapy | A form of group psychotherapy. It involves treatment of more than one member of the family simultaneously in the same session. (12 Dec 1998) |