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| 1. | [ noun ] (medicine,work) a licensed medical practitioner | |
| Synonyms: | physician Dr. MD medico doc | |
| Examples: | "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" |
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| Related terms: | medical_practitioner quack surgeon veterinarian intern specialist extern down christiaan_eijkman burrill_bernard_crohn GP hodgkin allergist abortionist ross albert_schweitzer simpson etienne-louis_arthur_fallot gilbert harvey edward_jenner bartholin aletta_jacobs harry_f._klinefelter clemence_sophia_harned_lozier gastroenterologist house_physician franz_anton_mesmer manson paracelsus peter_mark_roget benjamin_rush bruce anna_howard_shaw barany sydenham e._a._von_willebrand hakeem angiologist primary_care_physician abul-walid_mohammed_ibn-ahmad_ibn-mohammed_ibn-roshd abu_ali_al-husain_ibn_abdallah_ibn_sina doctor-patient_relation | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (medicine) give medical treatment to | |
| Related terms: | treat vet medicine | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching | |
| Synonyms: | Doctor_of_the_Church | |
| Examples: | "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages" |
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| Related terms: | theologian Roman_Catholic basil Gregory Augustine ambrose athanasius gregory_nazianzen eusebius_hieronymus john_chrysostom Roman_Catholic | |
| 4. | [ verb ] alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive | |
| Synonyms: | doctor_up adulterate sophisticate | |
| Examples: | "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" |
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| Related terms: | change adulterate | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (games) children take the roles of doctor or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the doctor's office | |
| Examples: | "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor" |
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| Related terms: | play | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 7489 | |
| 7. | [ verb ] restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | |
| Synonyms: | repair fix mend restore furbish_up touch_on bushel | |
| Examples: | "She repaired her TV set" "Repair my shoes please" |
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| Related terms: | break better darn patch fill fiddle sole cobble vamp heel point piece trouble-shoot repair repairman restoration | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (education) a person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic institution | |
| Synonyms: | Dr. | |
| Examples: | "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics" |
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| Related terms: | scholar | |
| Similar spelling: |
doctorow doctoral doctorial doctorate doctor_up Doster dogtrot doctrine doctrinal |
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