doctor : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a specialist in the care of babies
  pediatrist; pediatrician; paediatrician.
  

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• noun a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it
  neurologist.
  

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• noun a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital
  
  • do country doctors still make house calls?

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• (Zoöl.), any fish of the genus Acanthurus; the surgeon fish; so called from a sharp lancetlike spine on each side of the tail. Also called barber fish. See Surgeon fish.

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• noun an honorary arts degree
  ArtsD.
  
• noun a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus
  D.A..
  

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• noun a doctor's degree in dental medicine
  DMD.
  

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• noun a doctor's degree in dental surgery
  DDS.
  

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• noun a doctor's degree in religion
  DD.
  

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• noun a doctor's degree in education
  DEd; EdD.
  

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• noun an honorary degree in fine arts
  

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• noun an honorary degree in letters
  

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• noun an honorary degree in the humanities
  

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• noun an honorary law degree
  LLD.
  

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• noun a doctor's degree in medicine
  MD.
  

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• noun a doctor's degree in music
  DMus; MusD.
  

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• noun a doctor's degree in musical arts
  AMusD.
  

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• noun a doctor's degree in optometry
  OD.
  

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• noun doctor's degree in osteopathy
  DO.
  

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• noun a doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledge
  

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• noun a doctor's degree in preventive medicine
  DPH.
  

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• noun a doctor's degree in theology
  STD.
  
  • STD is from the Latin Sanctae Theologiae Doctor

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• noun an honorary degree in science
  ScD; DS.
  

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• noun (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching
  Doctor.
  
  • the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages

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• noun a doctor's degree in theology
  ThD.
  

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• verb alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
  sophisticate; doctor.
  
  • Sophisticate rose water with geraniol

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• noun statement of charges for medical services
  medical bill.
  

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• noun one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university
  doctorate.
  

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• physic, medicine. G. Eliot.

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• noun surgeon fish of the West Indies
  doctorfish; Acanthurus chirurgus.
  

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• noun the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient
  

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• . See under Commons.

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• noun a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases
  ear specialist; otologist.
  

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• noun a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat
  otolaryngologist; ENT man; rhinolaryngologist; otorhinolaryngologist.
  

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• noun a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
  ophthalmologist; oculist.
  

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• an oculist.

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• noun a general practitioner who treats all the family members
  

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• noun brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout
  Gymnelis viridis.
  

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• noun a specialist in care for the feet
  podiatrist; chiropodist.
  

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• noun a therapist who heals by the use of herbs
  herbalist.
  

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• noun a veterinarian who treats horses
  

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• (Calico-printing Mach.), a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.

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• noun in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
  shaman.
  

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• noun a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin
  dermatologist.
  

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• noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
  dragonfly; sewing needle; mosquito hawk; skeeter hawk; devil's darning needle; snake feeder; darning needle.
  

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• noun a public relations person who tries to forestall negative publicity by publicizing a favorable interpretation of the words or actions of a company or political party or famous person
  spinmeister.
  
  • his title is Director of Communications but he is just a spin doctor

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• noun a person qualified to practice dentistry
  dental practitioner; dentist.
  

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Wa"ter doc"tor

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1. (Med.) (a) One who professes to be able to divine diseases by inspection of the urine. (b) A physician who treats diseases with water; an hydropathist.

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• noun someone who is believed to heal through magical powers
  

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• noun a specialist in gynecology
  gynaecologist; gynecologist.
  

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