doctorfamily

noun
UK /ˈdɒktə ˈfæmɪli/
US /ˈdɑːktər ˈfæmɪli/

A doctor family is a family where the grown-ups are doctors who help sick people.

The doctor family next door takes care of everyone in our neighborhood.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A family in which several members work as doctors.

She comes from a doctor family, so dinner talk is often about patients.

3. A group of doctors who work together like a close family.

The doctor family at the small clinic knows every patient by name.

4. A family that a doctor treats as their own patients over many years.

Dr. Lee calls the Garcias his doctor family because he has cared for them for decades.