doctor

Nouns

• (n) a licensed medical practitioner
  • I felt so bad I went to see my doctor
  doc, physician, Dr., MD, medico,
• (n) (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
  Doctor of the Church,
• (n) 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
• (n) a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
  • she is a doctor of philosophy in physics
  Dr.,

Verbs

• (v) alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
  • Sophisticate rose water with geraniol
  doctor up, sophisticate,
• (v) give medical treatment to
• (v) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
  • She repaired her TV set
  • Repair my shoes please
  bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, touch on, restore,

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