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      doctor
      noun
      A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK.
      A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.
      A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
      A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
      A fish, the friar skate.
      The title of an academic or medical doctor; used before or instead of the doctor's name.
      (dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
      (obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
      (obsolete, nautical, slang) A ship's cook.
      verb
      (transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.
      (intransitive, humorous) To act as a medical doctor.
      (transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
      (transitive) To adulterate, drug, or poison (drink).
      (transitive, figurative) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
      (transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.
      (transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To take medicine.
      Roots
      doceodoc- · Latin · teach
      Synonyms for doctor
      physiciannmedicondocnmedicaladjsawbonesnmedicnphysicnallopath
      Words related to doctor
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