doctor
Significado (Inglés)
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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.
- 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.
- (obsolete) 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.
- (obsolete,slang) A ship's cook.
Conceptos
Sinónimos
give medicine to
medical man
physican
clever man
dress a wound
furbish up
doctor’s degree
medical assistant
practioner
tamper with
healing art
medical personnel
practise medicine
complementary unit
surgeo
senior physician
academic degree
apply remedies
medical science
medical staff
medicine-man
Frecuencia
Con guión como
doc‧tor
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈdɒktə/
Etimología (Inglés)
From Middle English doctor (“an expert, authority on a subject”), doctour, from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“I teach”). 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”)). Displaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”), and doublet of docent.
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