Word Finder - doctor

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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 D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK.

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If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.

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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.

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A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.

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A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.

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A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.

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Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.

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the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter

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A fish, the friar skate.

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To act as a medical doctor to.

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Her children doctored her back to health.

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To act as a medical doctor.

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To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.

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To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.

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They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.

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To genetically alter an extant species.

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Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.

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To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.

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To take medicine.

The doctor called today to see if my condition had improved with the medication.

The doctor seemed tired and in a hurry.

The doctor says he is better.

Helen had a letter this morning from her uncle, Doctor Keller.

His health was better in the winter, but last spring his wound reopened and the doctor said he ought to go away for a cure.

Doctor gave her medicine to make her well, but poor Florence did not get well.

The doctor glanced at his watch.

When the doctor arrived, he had more bad news.

The doctor came every day, felt her pulse, looked at her tongue, and regardless of her grief-stricken face joked with her.

My father was a doctor.

The doctor advised him to apply direct to Kutuzov.

The doctor thought I could not live.

He was evidently vexed and impatient for the talkative doctor to go.

When a new one comes he is done for in a week, said the doctor with evident satisfaction.

Her husband, the doctor, lay asleep behind her.

They all glanced up expectantly as the doctor strode toward them and quietly gave them the bad news.

There was great rejoicing in the family that morning, but no one, not even the doctor, knew that I should never see or hear again.

Where did doctor find Guy and Prince?

He says he thinks he has a cold, but the doctor told me he could get pneumonia real easy.

It's a blog this doctor guy keeps.

Another agonizing hour passed before a doctor finally came out to talk to them.

The doctor looked uncomfortable.

The doctor said they could find no reason for him to stay in a coma, except the possibility of brain damage from lack of oxygen or blood loss.

The doctor says I can go home tomorrow.

At Rostov's suggestion it was agreed that whoever became "King" should have the right to kiss Mary Hendrikhovna's hand, and that the "Booby" should go to refill and reheat the samovar for the doctor when the latter awoke.

He sure wouldn't go to the doctor then.

The doctor shifted uncomfortably and glanced at Adrienne.

Something wasn't right, yet the doctor insisted he was doing fine.

The doctor says he should recover completely, though.

The doctor says her mind is too active; but how are we to keep her from thinking?

The doctor came out with an agitated face and said she could not enter.

Are you next of kin? a doctor asked, knocking on the door.

Never thought I'd say this, but I think I need a doctor.

Why didn't you just go to the doctor?

This was the celebrated Petersburg doctor, Lorrain.

The German doctor went up to Lorrain.

Captain Tushin, having given orders to his company, sent a soldier to find a dressing station or a doctor for the cadet, and sat down by a bonfire the soldiers had kindled on the road.

What evil and error are there in it, if people were dying of disease without help while material assistance could so easily be rendered, and I supplied them with a doctor, a hospital, and an asylum for the aged?

And hiding her face in her hands, Princess Mary sank into the arms of the doctor, who held her up.

The doctor went into the passage to wash his hands.

The doctor says it is angina pectoris.

If your Dad is feeling bad enough to warrant medical attention, he needs to see a doctor, not a nurse.

The doctor would learn he or she was treating the so-called psychic tipster but nothing else about the person's identity.

I so informed Mr. Cooms and between us, a patient doctor relationship was arranged for Howie.

For the first time, she noticed he wasn't wearing a doctor's white coat.

Maybe some miner lost his finger and when they rushed him to a doctor the severed piece was lost.

There's nothing else on the planet that forces you to really see and accept who you are as the day the doctor says you're dying.

The doctor said a sign she was deteriorating would be hallucinations.

The doctor smiled knowingly.

Finally, as Fourth Doctor of the Latin Church, Gregory claims the attention of theologians.