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doc·tor
(dŏk′tər)n.
1.
a. A person who is licensed to practice medicine and has trained at a school of medicine or a school of osteopathic medicine; a physician.
b. Any of certain other healthcare professionals, such as a dentist, optometrist, chiropractor, podiatrist, or veterinarian.
2. A practitioner of alternative medicine or folk medicine who does not have traditional medical credentials.
3.
a. A person who has earned the highest academic degree, usually a PhD, awarded by a college or university in a specified discipline.
b. A person awarded an honorary degree by a college or university.
4. Abbr. Dr. Used as a title and form of address for a person holding the degree of doctor.
5. Roman Catholic Church An eminent theologian.
6. A rig or device contrived for remedying an emergency situation or for doing a special task.
v. doc·tored, doc·tor·ing, doc·tors
v.tr.
1. Informal To give medical treatment to: "[He] does more than practice medicine. He doctors people. There's a difference" (Charles Kuralt).
2. To repair, especially in a makeshift manner; rig.
3.
a. To falsify or change in such a way as to make favorable to oneself: doctored the evidence.
b. To add ingredients so as to improve or conceal the taste, appearance, or quality of: doctor the soup with a dash of sherry.
c. To alter or modify for a specific end: doctored my standard speech for the small-town audience.
d. Baseball To deface or apply a substance to (the ball) in violation of the rules in order to throw a pitch with extraordinary movement: was ejected because he doctored the ball with a piece of sandpaper.
v.intr. Informal
To practice medicine.
[Middle English, an expert, authority, from Old French docteur, from Latin doctor, teacher, from docēre, to teach; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]
doc′tor·al (dŏk′tə-rəl, dŏk-tôr′əl) adj.
doc′tor·ly adj.
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doctor
(ˈdɒktə)n
1. (Medicine) a person licensed to practise medicine
2. (Education) a person who has been awarded a higher academic degree in any field of knowledge
3. (Veterinary Science) chiefly US and Canadian a person licensed to practise dentistry or veterinary medicine
4. (Dentistry) chiefly US and Canadian a person licensed to practise dentistry or veterinary medicine
5. (Theology) (often capital) Also called: Doctor of the Church a title given to any of several of the leading Fathers or theologians in the history of the Christian Church down to the late Middle Ages whose teachings have greatly influenced orthodox Christian thought
6. (Angling) angling any of various gaudy artificial flies
7. informal a person who mends or repairs things
8. (Cookery) slang a cook on a ship or at a camp
9. (Education) archaic a man, esp a teacher, of learning
10. (Metallurgy) a device used for local repair of electroplated surfaces, consisting of an anode of the plating material embedded in an absorbent material containing the solution
11. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (in a paper-making machine) a blade that is set to scrape the roller in order to regulate the thickness of pulp or ink on it
12. (Physical Geography) a cool sea breeze blowing in some countries: the Cape doctor.
13. go for the doctor slang Austral to make a great effort or move very fast, esp in a horse race
14. what the doctor ordered something needed or desired
vb
15. (Medicine) (tr)
a. to give medical treatment to
b. to prescribe for (a disease or disorder)
16. (Medicine) (intr) informal to practise medicine: he doctored in Easter Island for six years.
17. (tr) to repair or mend, esp in a makeshift manner
18. (tr) to make different in order to deceive, tamper with, falsify, or adulterate
19. (tr) to adapt for a desired end, effect, etc
20. (Veterinary Science) (tr) to castrate (a cat, dog, etc)
[C14: from Latin: teacher, from docēre to teach]
ˈdoctoral, doctorial adj
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doc•tor
(ˈdɒk tər)n.
1. a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
2. a person who has been awarded a doctor's degree.
3. any of several artificial angling flies.
4. an eminent scholar and teacher.
5. a person skilled in repairing or improving something broken or flawed.
v.t. 6. to give medical treatment to; act as a physician to.
7. to treat (an ailment); apply remedies to.
8. to restore to original or working condition; repair.
9. to tamper with; falsify: to doctor the birthdate on a passport.
10. to tamper with the ingredients of (a food or drink) in order to improve flavor.
11. to revise, alter, or adapt for a specific purpose: to doctor a play.
v.i. 12. to practice medicine.
[1275–1325; Middle English docto(u)r (< Anglo-French) < Latin, derivative of docēre to teach]
doc′tor•al, doc•to′ri•al (-ˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-) adj.
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doctor
, physician - Doctor is derived from Latin doctus, "having been taught; learned," from docere, "to teach"; physician comes from Latin physica, "natural science; physics."See also related terms for taught.
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doctor
Past participle: doctored
Gerund: doctoring
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doctor
A person who has been awarded the highest academic degree in a particular subject by a college or university.
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| Noun | 1. |  doctor - a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"abortionist - a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies allergist - a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies angiologist - a physician who specializes in angiology extern, medical extern - a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there gastroenterologist - a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract general practitioner, GP - a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses house physician, resident physician, resident - a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital" houseman, intern, interne, medical intern - an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term) medical man, medical practitioner - someone who practices medicine primary care physician - the physician who provides primary care; "the primary care physician acts as a gatekeeper to the medical system" quack - an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice medical specialist, specialist - practices one branch of medicine doctor-patient relation - the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient |
| 2. | Doctor - (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" Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer - someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology | |
| 3. | doctor - 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" child's play, play - activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child" | |
| 4. |  doctor - a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines | |
| Verb | 1. | doctor - alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" adulterate, dilute, debase, load, stretch - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" |
| 2. | doctor - give medical treatment to practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" vet - provide veterinary care for | |
| 3. |  doctor - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" tinker, fiddle - try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" fill - plug with a substance; "fill a cavity" cobble - repair or mend; "cobble shoes" troubleshoot, trouble-shoot - solve problems; "He is known to be good at trouble-shooting" darn - repair by sewing; "darn socks" |
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doctor
noun
1. physician, medic (informal), clinician, general practitioner, medical practitioner, G.P. Do not stop the treatment without consulting your doctor.
verb
1. change, alter, interfere with, disguise, pervert, fudge, tamper with, tinker with, misrepresent, falsify, meddle with, mess about with They doctored the photograph.
2. add to, spike, cut, mix something with something, dilute, water down, adulterate He had doctored her milk.
Quotations
"God heals, and the doctor takes the fee" [Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack]
"Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earth" [Voltaire Philosophical Dictionary]
"The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman" [Jonathan Swift Polite Conversation]
"God and the doctor we alike adore"
"But only when in danger, not before;"
"The danger o'er, both are alike requited,"
"God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted" [John Owen Epigrams]
"God heals, and the doctor takes the fee" [Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack]
"Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earth" [Voltaire Philosophical Dictionary]
"The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman" [Jonathan Swift Polite Conversation]
"God and the doctor we alike adore"
"But only when in danger, not before;"
"The danger o'er, both are alike requited,"
"God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted" [John Owen Epigrams]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
doctor
verb1. Informal. To give medical aid to:
2. To restore to proper condition or functioning:
Idiom: set right.
3. To impart a false character to (something) by alteration:
4. To make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances:
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Translations
دكتوردُكْتور: دَرَجَة دُكْتوراهطبيبطَبيبطَبِيب
доктор
lékařdoktorfalzifikovatkurýrovatpančovat
lægedoktorbehandle
kuracisto
arstdoktor
پزشك
lääkäritohtoritohtoroidaeläinlääkäri
liječnikveterinarveterinarkadoktordoktorica
orvosdoktordoktornőmegvizezorvosnő
dokterdoktor
doktorlæknirskipta sér af; bæta e-u íveita læknismeîferîdýralæknir
医者
의사
medicamedicus
daktarasdaktaro laipsnisgydytigydytisgydytojas
ārstētārstsdoktorspiejaukt
doctormedic
doktorkurírovaťpančovať
doktordoktoricazdravnik
läkaredoktor
แพทย์
докторлікар
ڈاکٹر
bác sĩtiến sĩ
doctor
[ˈdɒktəʳ]A. N
1. (Med) → médico/a m/f
to go to the doctor's → ir al médico
Doctor Brown → el doctor Brown
to be under the doctor → estar bajo tratamiento médico
it was just what the doctor ordered → fue mano de santo
to go to the doctor's → ir al médico
Doctor Brown → el doctor Brown
to be under the doctor → estar bajo tratamiento médico
it was just what the doctor ordered → fue mano de santo
2. (Univ) → doctor(a) m/f (of en) DEGREE
B. VT
3. (= castrate) [+ cat, dog etc] → castrar
C. CPD doctor's degree N → doctorado m
doctor's excuse (US) doctor's line (Brit) doctor's note (Brit) N → baja f (médica)
doctor's excuse (US) doctor's line (Brit) doctor's note (Brit) N → baja f (médica)
doctor up VT + ADV [+ machine etc] → remendar, arreglar de cualquier modo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
doctor
[ˈdɒktər] n
(medical) → médecin mf(femme médecin f), docteur mf(doctoresse f)
She's a doctor → Elle est médecin., Elle est docteur.
I'd like to be a doctor → Je voudrais être médecin.
at the doctor's → chez le médecin
to go to the doctor's → aller chez le médecin
Doctor Paige (= title) → Le docteur Paige
doctor's surgery (British) doctor's office (US) → cabinet m de consultation
She's a doctor → Elle est médecin., Elle est docteur.
I'd like to be a doctor → Je voudrais être médecin.
at the doctor's → chez le médecin
to go to the doctor's → aller chez le médecin
Doctor Paige (= title) → Le docteur Paige
doctor's surgery (British) doctor's office (US) → cabinet m de consultation
(= PhD) → docteur m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
doctor
n
(Med) → Arzt m, → Ärztin f, → Doktor(in) m(f) (inf); Doctor Smith → Doktor Smith; yes, doctor → ja, Herr/Frau Doktor; the doctor’s (= surgery) → der Arzt; to go to the doctor → zum Arzt gehen; to send for the doctor → den Arzt holen; he is a doctor → er ist Arzt; a woman doctor → eine Ärztin; he’s under a doctor in London (inf) → er ist bei einem Arzt in London in Behandlung; to be under doctor’s orders → in ärztlicher Behandlung sein; it’s just what the doctor ordered (fig inf) → das ist genau das Richtige
vt
(inf: = castrate) → kastrieren
(= tamper with) accounts → frisieren; text → verfälschen; the food’s/wine’s been doctored → dem Essen/Wein ist etwas beigemischt worden
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
doctor
[ˈdɒktəʳ]1. n
a. (Med) → dottore/essa, medico
Doctor Brown → il Dottor Brown
doctor's office (Am) → studio medico, ambulatorio
Doctor Brown → il Dottor Brown
doctor's office (Am) → studio medico, ambulatorio
b. (Univ) (Ph.D.) → dottore/essa
Doctor of Philosophy (degree) → dottorato di ricerca; (person) → titolare m/f di un dottorato di ricerca
Doctor of Philosophy (degree) → dottorato di ricerca; (person) → titolare m/f di un dottorato di ricerca
2. vt
a. (interfere with, food, drink) → adulterare; (000, text, document) → alterare, manipolare
b. (treat, cold) → curare
c. (fam) (castrate, cat) → castrare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
doctor
(ˈdoktə) noun (often abbreviated to Dr when written in titles).
1. a person who is trained to treat ill people. Doctor Davidson; You should call the doctor if you are ill; I'll have to go to the doctor.
2. a person who has gained the highest university degree in any subject.
verb1. to interfere with; to add something to (usually alcohol or drugs). Someone had doctored her drink.
2. to treat with medicine etc. I'm doctoring my cold with aspirin.
ˈdoctorate (-rət) noun the degree of Doctor.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
doctor
→ طَبِيب lékař læge Arzt γιατρός doctor, médico lääkäri docteur liječnik dottore 医者 의사 dokter lege lekarz médico врач läkare แพทย์ doktor bác sĩ 医生Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
doc·tor
n. doctor-a, médico-a; pop. doctor-a,
___'s discretion → al criterio del ___; según opinión facultativa;
___'s orders → órdenes del ___.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
| Doctor |
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
doctor, doc
(fam) n médico -ca mf, doctor -ra mf* ; — on call médico de guardia; family — médico de cabecera, médico de la familia; on-call — médico de guardia; primary care — médico de atención primaria, médico de cabecera; private — médico privado (V. también physician.)* abbreviated in front of surnames as el Dr. and la Dra.
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