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Definition of doctor

Nouns

a licensed medical practitioner

"I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"

Synonyms:: Dr., MD, doc, medico, physician

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Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198); Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina
Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037); Robert Barany
Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936); Caspar Bartholin
Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629); Sir David Bruce
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931); Burrill Bernard Crohn
United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983); John L. H. Down
English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896); Christiaan Eijkman
Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930); Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot
French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911); William Gilbert
English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603); William Harvey
English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657); Thomas Hodgkin
English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866); George Huntington
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea; Aletta Jacobs
Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929); Edward Jenner
English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823); Harry Fitch Kleinfelter
United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912); Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier
United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888); Sir Patrick Manson
Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922); Friedrich Anton Mesmer
Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815); Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim
Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541); Peter Mark Roget
English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869); Sir Ronald Ross
British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932); Benjamin Rush
physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813); Albert Schweitzer
French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965); Anna Howard Shaw
United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919); Sir James Young Simpson
Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870); English Hippocrates
English physician (1624-1689); Erik Adolf von Willebrand
Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949); Harold Hirschsprung
Danish pediatrician (1830-1916); Benjamin Spock
United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998); Sir Howard Walter Florey
British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968); Karl Landsteiner
United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943); Sir James Paget
English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899); Francis Peyton Rous
United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970); Rudolf Karl Virchow
German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902); Prosper Meniere
French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862); Henry Hubert Turner
United States endocrinologist (1892-1970); John Rock
United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984); Jean Martin Charcot
French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893); Harvery Williams Cushing
United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939); Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939); Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing
German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902); Georges Gilles de la Tourette
French neurologist (1857-1904); Karl Wernicke
German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905); Thomas Willis
English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675); Hermann Snellen
Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908); Karen Danielsen Horney
United States psychiatrist (1885-1952); Karl Theodor Jaspers
German psychiatrist (1883-1969); Charles Frederick Menninger
United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953); Karl Augustus Menninger
United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990); William Claire Menninger
United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966); Harry Stack Sullivan
United States psychiatrist (1892-1949); Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939); Melanie Klein
United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960); Wilhelm Reich
Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957); William Beaumont
United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853); Alexis Carrel
French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944); William Cowper
English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709); Michael Ellis De Bakey
United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908); William Crawford Gorgas
United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920); Joseph Lister
English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912); James Parkinson
English surgeon (1755-1824); Walter Reed
United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)

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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; GP, general practitioner
a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses; country doctor
a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital; family doctor
a general practitioner who treats all the family members; hakeem, hakim
a Muslim physician; house physician, resident, resident physician
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; houseman, intern, interne, medical intern
an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term); primary care physician
the physician who provides primary care; quack
an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice; medical specialist, specialist
practices one branch of medicine; anaesthetist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist
a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated; baby doctor, paediatrician, pediatrician, pediatrist
a specialist in the care of babies; cardiologist, heart specialist, heart surgeon
a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart; chiropodist, foot doctor, podiatrist
a specialist in care for the feet; dermatologist, skin doctor
a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin; diagnostician, pathologist
a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis; diplomate
medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group; ear doctor, ear specialist, otologist
a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases; embryologist
a physician who specializes in embryology; endocrinologist
physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system; ENT man, ear-nose-and-throat doctor, otolaryngologist, otorhinolaryngologist, rhinolaryngologist
a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat; geriatrician, gerontologist
a specialist in gerontology; gynaecologist, gynecologist, woman's doctor
a specialist in gynecology; haematologist, hematologist
a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs; hygienist
a medical specialist in hygiene; internist
a specialist in internal medicine; brain doctor, neurologist
a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it; accoucheur, obstetrician
a physician specializing in obstetrics; oncologist
a specialist in oncology; eye doctor, oculist, ophthalmologist
a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye; orthopaedist, orthopedist
a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children); orthoptist
a specialist in orthoptics; proctologist
a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus; head-shrinker, psychiatrist, shrink
a physician who specializes in psychiatry; radiographer
a person who makes radiographs; radiologist, radiotherapist
a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease; rheumatologist
a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases; urologist
a specialist in urology; operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon
a physician who specializes in surgery; amputator
a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb; cosmetic surgeon, plastic surgeon
a surgeon who beautifies the body (especially the face); brain surgeon, neurosurgeon
someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain); vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon
a doctor who practices veterinary medicine; horse doctor
a veterinarian who treats horses

Type of:: medical man, medical practitioner
someone who practices medicine

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"

Type of:: child's play, play
activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules

a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution

"she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"

Synonyms:: Dr.

Type of:: 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

Verbs

alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

Synonyms:: doctor up, sophisticate

Type of:: adulterate, debase, dilute, load, stretch
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

give medical treatment to

Types:: vet
provide veterinary care for

Type of:: care for, treat
provide treatment for

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

Synonyms:: bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on

Antonyms:: break
ruin completely; bust; fall apart, wear, wear out
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try to fix or mend; fill
plug with a substance; close, fill up
fill or stop up; patch, piece
repair by adding pieces; cobble
repair or mend; point, repoint
repair the joints of bricks; trouble-shoot, troubleshoot
solve problems; patch, patch up
mend by putting a patch on; resole, sole
put a new sole on; revamp, vamp
provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; heel, reheel
put a new heel on; darn
repair by sewing