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Family Physician: A physician who is educated and trained in family practice.

Juvenile and Family Courts: Established in most states to resolve conflict and to otherwise intervene in the lives of families in a manner that promotes the best interest of children. These courts specialize in areas s . . . View Full Definition

Multifamily Loans: Loans usually represented by conventional mortgages on multifamily rental apartments.

Immediate Family: Used for listed equity securities. Too many market orders of one kind-buy or to sell or limit orders to buy up or sell down, without matching orders of the opposite kind. An imbalance usuall . . . View Full Definition

Gene Family: Group of closely related genes that make similar products.

Family-Friendly: A policy or practice designed to help families spend more time together and/or enjoy a better quality of life.

Fund Family: A fund family, or family of funds, is a group of mutual funds controlled by a single investment company, bank, or other financial institution. The various funds within the family have differ . . . View Full Definition

Physician Practice Management (PPM) Company: A company, owned by a group of investors, that purchases physicians' practice assets, provides practice management services, and, in most cases, gives physicians a long-term contract to cont . . . View Full Definition

Physician Profiling: In the context of a pharmacy benefit plan, the process of compiling data on physician prescribing patterns and comparing physicians' actual prescribing patterns to expected patterns within s . . . View Full Definition

String Family: The members of the string family include two types of instruments: bowed and plucked. The standard bowed string instruments, from highest to lowest, are violin, viola, cello and double bass. . . . View Full Definition