doctor | (noun) children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office | - |
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(noun) a licensed medical practitioner | Synonyms: doc, Dr., MD, medico, physician |
(noun) a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution | Synonyms: Dr. |
(verb) give medical treatment to | - |
(verb) alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive | Synonyms: doctor up, sophisticate |
(verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | Synonyms: bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on |
doctoral | (adjective) of or relating to a doctor or doctorate | Synonyms: doctorial |
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doctorate | (noun) one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university | Synonyms: doctor's degree |
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doctorfish | (noun) surgeon fish of the West Indies | Synonyms: Acanthurus chirurgus, doctor-fish |
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doctorial | (adjective) of or relating to a doctor or doctorate | Synonyms: doctoral |
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doctorspeak | (noun) medical jargon | - |
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doctrinaire | (adjective) stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability | - |
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(noun) a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions | Synonyms: dogmatist |
doctrinal | (adjective) relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine | - |
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doctrinally | (adverb) as a matter of doctrine | - |
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doctrine | (noun) a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | Synonyms: ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought |
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