Doctor

Word DOCTOR
Character 6
Hyphenation doc tor
Pronunciations /ˈdɒktə/

Definitions and meanings of "Doctor"

What do we mean by doctor?

A person who is licensed to practice medicine and has trained at a school of medicine, chiropractic, optometry, podiatry, dentistry, or veterinary medicine. noun

A practitioner of alternative medicine or folk medicine who does not have traditional medical credentials. noun

A person who has earned the highest academic degree, usually a PhD, awarded by a college or university in a specified discipline. noun

A person awarded an honorary degree by a college or university. noun

Used as a title and form of address for a person holding the degree of doctor. noun

An eminent theologian. noun

A rig or device contrived for remedying an emergency situation or for doing a special task. noun

To give medical treatment to. intransitive verb

To repair, especially in a makeshift manner; rig. intransitive verb

To falsify or change in such a way as to make favorable to oneself. intransitive verb

To add ingredients so as to improve or conceal the taste, appearance, or quality of. intransitive verb

To alter or modify for a specific end. intransitive verb

To deface or apply a substance to (the ball) in violation of the rules in order to throw a pitch with extraordinary movement. intransitive verb

To practice medicine. intransitive verb

In angling, a name applied to several artificial flies: as, the blue doctor, the silver doctor, etc. noun

A boiler feed-pump such as has been preferred on the western rivers of the United States. noun

The cook of a merchant vessel; also, the cook of a lumber-camp. noun

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

A fish, the friar skate.

Someone who puts up with an ever more impatient public demanding quick fixes for innocuous conditions while facing scrutiny from those who judge service, cost-accountability, and adherence to legal definitions of medicine. Urban Dictionary

A Doctor is someone who goes to school for up to 16 years after they graduate high school, only to lose their job and liscense on their first day because some family filed a malpractice lawsuit because he couldn't save their doomed-in-the-first-place family member. Urban Dictionary

Someone who has spent 11-16 years of training after high school and over hundreds of thousands of dollars to become certified as a doctor. Urban Dictionary

A person who kills your ills with pills then kills you with bills Urban Dictionary

A med school graduate Somehow commands a level of prestige in society beyond his means. Urban Dictionary

An arrogant person who all they want is money and refuses to acknowledge anyone who makes sense they are also very rude, smart asses, and do not approve of creative ideas in any way shape or form Urban Dictionary

Licensed drug dealer Urban Dictionary

A place you go to get your health checked Urban Dictionary

Someone who received 8 years of training in the art of deductive guessing and suffers from the mental condition called "I must be god". Urban Dictionary

A smart asx who rejects easy to solve problems and gives u more pain instead of helping in any way Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Doctor

The word "doctor" in example sentences

He took the degree of doctor of theology, and seems to have received the complimentary title of _doctor mirabilis_. ❋ Various (N/A)

This is often confusing to many who limit their use of the term doctor to refer to medical physicians, such as psy­chiatrists and cardiologists. ❋ Unknown (2011)

OZ: The word "doctor" comes from the Latin word for teacher, and like any teacher/pupil relationship, it is a two-way street and I learn much from my patients especially about these topics, so I encourage viewers to talk openly with their physicians about this and actually push their doctors a little bit to open up about integrative therapies including, prayer and meditation. ❋ Unknown (2003)

“Dr. Casey,” I said, the word doctor now sounding absolutely pornographic, “did you or did you not allow your father to cover up numerous failed classes during your medical school education?” ❋ Danny Tobey (2010)

The word doctor is from the Latin docere, meaning to teach. ❋ Ph.D. Dede Bonner (2009)

But what drug addicts do, we ` ve heard the term doctor shopping. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Good day Dr. Reimes, she said when they passed, the word doctor spat out in acidic irony. ❋ Steve Erickson (2008)

HARWE: People need to know that when you're using the title doctor, is it a medical degree? ❋ Unknown (2008)

The unnamed person saying he ` s not a licensed person in California and has no right to counsel Britney or use the term doctor unless he ` s licensed to do so. ❋ Unknown (2008)

However, the use of the title doctor in a health care setting is virtually synonymous with physician. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I work in academia and I realize that my sample size is not huge, and that, assuming the institution is accredited, anybody with an honorary doctoral degree can elect to use the title doctor - and figures such as Ben Franklin have. ❋ Bobobo (2010)

In Geppner's view, Scholl was "an inventive genius, advertising pioneer, a quality-control fanatic, an entrepreneur without peer," and fully deserving of the title doctor -- minus the quotation marks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the U.K. the title doctor could lead to some confusion: A mailman once knocked at the door of one of my former colleagues and asked his wife if the doctor was in as his back was hurting him something chronic! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Frankly the only ones who have "earned" the title doctor in my eyes are the Ph. D., who did extensive research and defended a thesis, and the M.D., who, with residency, did four more years of schooling than everyone else. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Doctors] usually [give up] being caregivers when they meet people who provide definitions in [urbandictionary.com] ❋ Diluted (2005)

Jon went to school until he was 32 to become a Doctor, but on his first day when he failed to save his patient who had a failing liver and could not have been saved anyway, the family filed a [malpractice] lawsuit against him and he lost his job, [liscense] to practice, 16 years of his life, and several [hundred thousand] dollars in school tuition fees. Isn't the American Legal System great? ❋ MMM_TAIYAKI (2007)

Because of medical [malpractice] [lawsuits], [medicare], medicaid doctors salaries are declining. ❋ Geoffrey (2005)

doctor: sir you have Diarrhea take these [pills] patient: how much [will it] costdoctor: [1500]$ ❋ Anime Slayer (2020)

Person A: "I am a doctor" Person B: "[HOLY SHIT] YOU ARE [AUTOMATICALLY] [PRESTIGIOUS]. HELP US ALL!!!!" ❋ Pyro23 (2011)

a doctor once [gave] [my brother] [poison] ❋ Nonekopopo (2020)

Why get in trouble with [cops] and criminals when you can get your [fix] [legally] from a doctor? ❋ Wazzlewz1 (2010)

doctor [sucks] ❋ Sharks28 (2016)

[Sometimes] [God] [thinks] he's a doctor. ❋ Xntrc (2005)

[the doctor] did not help us no [matter] how hard we [tried] ❋ Nonekopopo (2020)

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