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List of meaning for doctor

a person who uses medicine to treat people’s health issues

doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico(noun)

a licensed medical practitioner

"I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"

Doctor of the Church, Doctor(noun)

(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(noun)

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"

doctor, Dr.(verb)

a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution

"she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"

sophisticate, doctor, doctor up(verb)

alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

"Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"

doctor(verb)

give medical treatment to

repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on(verb)

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

"She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders

we called a doctor as soon as we realized the baby was sick

to give medical treatment to

a pledge to doctor the burn victims until they were whole again

to put into good shape or working order again

spends his spare time doctoring old clocks

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation

slightly doctored his standard campaign speech for a collegiate audience

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