doctor meaning

Noun: doctor  dóktu(r)

1. A licensed medical practitioner
   "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"
   - doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico 
2. Children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office
   "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor" 
3. A person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
   "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"
   - Dr.

Verb: doctor  dóktu(r)

1. Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
   - sophisticate, doctor up 
2. Give medical treatment to 
3. Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
   - repair, mend, fix, bushel [US], furbish up, restore, touch on

Noun: Doctor

1. (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching
   "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
   - Doctor of the Church

Derived forms: doctored, doctoring, doctors

See also: doctorial

Type of: adulterate, ameliorate, amend, better, bookman, care for, child's play, debase, dilute, improve, load, medical man, medical practitioner, meliorate, play, scholar, scholarly person, stretch, student, theologian, theologiser [Brit], theologist, theologizer, treat

Part of: doctor-patient relation

Encyclopedia: Doctor Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief Doctor, Doctor

[Medicine]
n
1
a : a person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees (as a PhD) conferred by a university
b : a person awarded an honorary doctorate by a college or university
2 : a person skilled or specializing in healing arts; esp : a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian licensed to practice his or her profession
vb doc·tored; doc·tor·ing vt
1 : to give medical treatment to
2 : CASTRATE 1 , SPAY ‹have your pet cat doctored›
¦ vi : to practice medicine

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1. the doctor diagnosed the illness as pneumonia.
2. some doctors are pretty puny characters.
3. the man's inadequate--he's no doctor.
4. doctors were summoned to stop the contagion.
5. i 've no inclinations towards life as a doctor.