Doctor

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick. The final examination and qualification may award a doctorate in which case the post-nominal letters are MD in the US or MBBS in the UK.
 * If you still feel unwell tomorrow, go see your doctor.
 * 1) A veterinarian; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick.
 * 2) A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.

Synonyms

 * (physician): doc, medic, physician, sawbones , surgeon (who undertakes surgery)
 * (general practitioner): family doctor, general practitioner, GP
 * (person who has attained a doctorate):
 * (veterinarian): vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon

Derived terms
See also Types of academic doctor below


 * an apple a day keeps the doctor away
 * Angelic Doctor
 * barefoot doctor
 * the Cape Doctor
 * cleaning-doctor
 * color-doctor, colour-doctor
 * bedoctor
 * clown doctor
 * company doctor
 * dedoctor
 * doc
 * doctoral
 * doctor-assisted suicide
 * doctor blade
 * doctor-box
 * doctordom
 * doctoress, doctress
 * doctor-fish


 * doctor-gum
 * doctorhead, doctorhood
 * doctorish
 * doctorishness
 * doctorism
 * doctorise, doctorize
 * doctorless
 * doctorly
 * Doctor Martens
 * Doctor of Divinity
 * Doctor of Law
 * Doctor of Letters
 * Doctor of Philosophy
 * Doctor of Science
 * Doctor of the Chair
 * Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
 * Doctors' Commons


 * doctor's curse
 * doctor's gum
 * doctor-shears
 * doctorship
 * doctor's orders
 * the Doctors of the Church
 * doctorspeak
 * doctor's stuff, doctor-stuff
 * Dr, Dr.
 * family doctor
 * flying doctor
 * the Fremantle Doctor
 * herb doctor
 * horse-doctor
 * just what the doctor ordered, what the doctor ordered
 * lint-doctor


 * mad-doctor
 * paradoctor
 * quack doctor
 * rain-doctor
 * saw doctor
 * school doctor
 * snake doctor
 * spin doctor
 * under-doctor
 * underdoctored
 * under the doctor
 * undoctor
 * undoctored
 * water-doctor


 * witch doctor
 * woman doctor
 * you are the doctor, you're the doctor

Related terms

 * doctorand
 * doctorate
 * doctorial

Verb

 * 1)  To act as a medical doctor to.
 * Her children doctored her back to health.
 * 1)  To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor.
 * 2)  To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
 * They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.
 * We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.
 * 1)  To genetically alter an extant species.
 * ''Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.
 * 1)  To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
 * To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.

Adjectives
young; learned; vivacious; resourceful; inscrutable; lauded; illustrious; indefatigable; old-fashioned; provincial; would-be; mellifluous; tall; capable; country; hand-picked; easy-going; fashionable; distracted; badgered; reverend; worthy; murderous; talented; mystic; eminent; discreet; budding; regimental.

Thesaurus
Doctor of Medicine, GP, MD, Md, abecedarian, abet, adulterate, aid, allopath, allopathist, alter, assist, attend, attending physician, authority, avail, baccalaureate, baccalaureus, bachelor, bail out, bandage, bastardize, bathe, bear a hand, befriend, benefit, bones, care for, certified teacher, change, cobble, cobbler, comfort, commission, condition, contaminate, cook, coroner, corrupt, country doctor, croaker, cure, cut, darn, debase, degree, denaturalize, denature, diagnose, dilute, disguise, do good, do up, doc, docent, doctor up, doctorate, dominie, don, drug, ease, educationist, educator, elder, elder statesman, fake, falsify, family doctor, favor, fellow, fix, fix up, fixer, flux, fortify, general practitioner, give a boost, give a hand, give a lift, give care to, give help, great soul, guide, guru, heal, help, house physician, illuminate, instructor, intellect, intellectual, intern, juggle, lace, leech, lend a hand, lend one aid, little Miss Fixit, load, lover of wisdom, maestro, mahatma, maintenance man, man of intellect, man of wisdom, mandarin, manipulate, massage, master, mastermind, mechanic, mechanician, medic, medical, medical attendant, medical examiner, medical man, medical practitioner, medicate, medico, melamed, mend, mender, mentor, minister to, modify, mullah, nurse, operate on, oracle, overhaul, pack, pandit, patch, patch up, pedagogist, pedagogue, philosopher, physic, physician, physician in ordinary, plant, plaster, poison, pollute, poultice, preceptor, professor, proffer aid, protect, pundit, purge, put in commission, put in order, put in repair, put in shape, rabbi, rally, ready, rebuild, recap, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, redeem, relieve, remedy, render assistance, renovator, repair, repairer, repairman, rescue, resident, resident physician, restore, restorer, resuscitate, retouch, retread, revamp, revive, rig, rishi, rub, sage, salt, sapient, savant, save, sawbones, scholar, schoolkeeper, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, seer, service, serviceman, set to rights, set up, sew up, sophisticate, spike, splint, stack, starets, strap, succor, take in tow, take medicine, take the cure, tamper with, teacher, thinker, tinker, tinker up, treat, trouble man, troubleshooter, undergo treatment, water, water down, weight, wise man, wise old man

Etymology
From doctor, doctour "an expert, authority on a subject" from  doctour from  doctor: from doceo:. Displaced native Middle English lerare "doctor, teacher" (from Middle English leren "to teach, instruct" from Old English lǣran, lēran "to teach, instruct, guide", compare Old English lārēow "teacher, master").

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Akan: dɔkota
 * Albanian: mjeku
 * Arabic:, طبيبة,
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܐܣܝܐ (’āsyā’)
 * Hebrew: אסיא (’āsyā’)
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: sendagile, osagile
 * Belarusian: ўрач, доктар
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: ဆရာဝန်
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chechen: лор
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Min Nan: ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Ewe: ɖɔkta, atikewɔla
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Greenlandic:
 * Hawaiian: kauka
 * Hebrew:, רופאה, (colloquial, while addressing doctor)
 * Hindi:, डॉक्टर
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, , , (alternative form used before a name)
 * Japanese:, ,


 * Kamba:
 * Kikuyu:
 * Korean: (醫師)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: ārsts
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Luhya: ,
 * Luo:
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: ,
 * Martuthunira: juwayumarta
 * Meru:
 * Mongolian: эмч
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Novial: medike
 * Old English:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: doutor, doutora , médico
 * Romanian:, , doctoriță
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: lighiche, lèigh , dotair
 * Serbian: lekar, lekarka , zdravnik , zdravnica
 * Sinhalese: දොස්තර
 * Slovak:, lekár
 * Slovene: zdravnik, zdravnica
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tamil: மருத்துவர்
 * Thai:, , เวช
 * Tswana:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: bác sĩ y khoa,
 * Volapük: sanan,  hisanan,  jisanan,  sanel,  medinel
 * Welsh: meddyg
 * Yiddish:
 * Welsh: meddyg
 * Yiddish:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: դոկտոր
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: doctor
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: დოქტორი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: διδάκτορας
 * Hebrew: דוקטור (doqt'or)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian:, doktore


 * Lithuanian:, daktarė
 * Luo:
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: ,
 * Novial: doktore
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: doutor, doutora
 * Romanian: doctor
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ollamh
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (bprinyaa èk),  (dòotsàdee bantít)
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: dokan,  hidokan,  jidokan,  dokel
 * Yiddish:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian: անասնաբույժ (anasnabuyž)
 * Bulgarian: ветеринарен лекар
 * Burmese: တရိစ္ဆာန်ဆရာဝန်
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 獸醫
 * Min Nan:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: dyrlæge
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ვეტერინარი, ბეითალი
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: κτηνίατρος
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: dokter hewan


 * Italian: veterinario, dottore (appellative)
 * Japanese: 獣医師 (じゅういし jūishi)
 * Macedonian: ветеринар,, ,
 * Malay: doktor haiwan
 * Maltese: veterinarju, veterinarja
 * Nungu:
 * Portuguese: doutor, doutora
 * Romanian: doctor veterinar
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: altrach-bheathaichean, lèigh-bheathach , lighiche-bheathaichean
 * Slovak: veterinár, zverolekár
 * Thai: (sàt-wá-pâet)
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: ветеринар, лікар
 * Volapük: nimisanan,  nimihisanan,  nimijisanan,  nimasanel


 * :, medică , , doctoare
 * : duttore
 * : doctor
 * : వైధ్యుడు (vaidhyudu)

Related terms

 * Types of academic doctor:


 * Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (D.A.O.M.)
 * Doctor of Arts (D.A.)
 * Doctor of Architecture (D.Arch.)
 * Doctor of Applied Science (D.A.S.)
 * Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
 * Doctor of Chemistry (D.Chem.)
 * Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.)
 * Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.)
 * Doctor of Criminal Justice (D.C.J.)
 * Doctor of Comparative/Civil Law (D.C.L.)
 * Doctor of Computer Science (D.C.S.)
 * Doctor of Criminology (D.Crim.)
 * Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.)
 * Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.)
 * Doctor of Design (Dr.DES.)
 * Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
 * Doctor of Environmental Design (D.E.D.)
 * Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.)
 * Doctor of Environment (D.Env.)
 * Doctor of Engineering Science (D.E.Sc./Sc.D.E.)
 * Doctor of Forestry (D.F.)
 * Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.)
 * Doctor of Geological Science (D.G.S.)
 * Doctor of Hebrew Literature/Letters (D.H.L.)
 * Doctor of Health and Safety (D.H.S.)
 * Doctor of Hebrew Studies (D.H.S.)
 * Doctor of Industrial Technology (D.I.T.)
 * Doctor of Information Technology (D.I.T.)
 * Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.)
 * Doctor of Library Science (D.L.S.)
 * Doctor of Music (D.M.)
 * Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A., A.Mus.D.)
 * Doctor of Musical Education (D.M.E.)
 * Doctor of Ministry (D.Min./D.M.)
 * Doctor of Modern Languages (D.M.L.)
 * Doctor of Music Ministry (D.M.M.)
 * Doctor of Medical Science (D.M.Sc.)
 * Doctor of Nursing Science (D.N.Sc.)


 * Doctor of Public Administration (D.P.A.)
 * Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
 * Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
 * Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
 * Doctor of Physical Education (D.P.E.)
 * Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)
 * Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.)
 * Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.)
 * Doctor of Public Health (D.P.H.)
 * Doctor of Professional Studies (D.P.S.)
 * Doctor of Religious Education (D.R.E.)
 * Doctor of Recreation (D.Rec./D.R.)
 * Doctor of Science (D.Sc./Sc.D.)
 * Doctor of Science in Dentistry (D.Sc.D.)
 * Doctor of Science and Hygiene (D.Sc.H.)
 * Doctor of Science in Veterinary Medicine (D.Sc.V.M.)
 * Doctor of Sacred Music (D.S.M.)
 * Doctor of Social Science (D.S.Sc.)
 * Doctor of Social Work (D.S.W.)
 * Doctor of Canon Law (J.C.D.)
 * Doctor of the Science of Law (L.Sc.D.)
 * Doctor of Rehabilitation (Rh.D.)
 * Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.)
 * Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)
 * Doctor of Technology (D.Tech.)
 * Doctor of Theology (Th.D.)
 * Doctor of the University (D.Univ)
 * Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or Veterinary Medical Doctor (D.V.M./V.M.D)
 * Divinitatis Doctor, Doctor of Divinity (D.D.)
 * Juris Doctor, Doctor of Law (J.D.)
 * Optometry Doctor, Doctor of Optometry (O.D.)
 * Legum Doctor, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)
 * Literarum Doctor, Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.)
 * Medicine Doctor, Doctor of Medicine (M.D./D.M.)
 * Music Doctor, Doctor of Music (D.Mus.)

Verb

 * Bulgarian: лекувам
 * Danish: doktorere


 * Italian: ,
 * Swahili:


 * Italian: addottorare


 * Czech:
 * Danish: forfalske
 * Dutch: dokteren, valsificeren


 * Finnish:
 * Italian: ,

Etymology
From doceo:.

Noun

 * 1) teacher, instructor
 * 2)  catechist

Derived terms

 * doctrīna
 * doctrix

Related terms

 * doceō
 * docibilis
 * docibilitās
 * docilis
 * docilitās


 * doctē
 * doctificus
 * doctiusculē
 * doctrīnālis
 * doctus

Descendants

 * English:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Sardinian:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From doctor: (17th century),  docteur: or  Doktor:

Noun

 * 1) doctor

Related terms

 * medic

Noun

 * 1) doctor
 * 2) physician

Synonyms

 * médico

Related terms

 * doctorado
 * doctorante