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doc·tor  (dktr)

n.

1. A person, especially a physician, dentist, or veterinarian, trained in the healing arts and licensed to practice.

2.

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

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

3. Abbr. Dr. Used as a title and form of address for a person holding the degree of doctor.

4. Roman Catholic Church An eminent theologian.

5. A practitioner of folk medicine or folk magic.

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

7. Any of several brightly colored artificial flies used in fly fishing.

v. doc·tored, doc·tor·ing, doc·tors Informal

v.tr.

1. Informal To give medical treatment to: "[He] does more than practice medicine. He doctors people. There's a difference" (Charles Kuralt).

2. To repair, especially in a makeshift manner; rig.

3.

a. To falsify or change in such a way as to make favorable to oneself: doctored the evidence.

b. To add ingredients so as to improve or conceal the taste, appearance, or quality of: doctor the soup with a dash of sherry. See Synonyms at adulterate.

c. To alter or modify for a specific end: doctored my standard speech for the small-town audience.

d. Baseball To deface or apply a substance to (the ball): was ejected because he doctored the ball with a piece of sandpaper.

v.intr. Informal

To practice medicine.

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[Middle English, an expert, authority, from Old French docteur, from Latin doctor, teacher, from docre, to teach; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]

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doctor·al adj.

doctor·ly adj.

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doctor [ˈdɒktə]

n

1. (Medicine) a person licensed to practise medicine

2. (Social Science / Education) a person who has been awarded a higher academic degree in any field of knowledge

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) (Medicine / Dentistry) Chiefly US and Canadian a person licensed to practise dentistry or veterinary medicine

4. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) (often capital) Also called Doctor of the Church a title given to any of several of the leading Fathers or theologians in the history of the Christian Church down to the late Middle Ages whose teachings have greatly influenced orthodox Christian thought

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) Angling any of various gaudy artificial flies

6. Informal a person who mends or repairs things

7. (Cookery) Slang a cook on a ship or at a camp

8. (Social Science / Education) Archaic a man, esp a teacher, of learning

9. (Engineering / Metallurgy) a device used for local repair of electroplated surfaces, consisting of an anode of the plating material embedded in an absorbent material containing the solution

10. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (in a paper-making machine) a blade that is set to scrape the roller in order to regulate the thickness of pulp or ink on it

go for the doctor Austral slang to make a great effort or move very fast, esp in a horse race

what the doctor ordered something needed or desired

vb

1. (Medicine) (tr)

a.  to give medical treatment to

b.  to prescribe for (a disease or disorder)

2. (Medicine) (intr) Informal to practise medicine he doctored in Easter Island for six years

3. (tr) to repair or mend, esp in a makeshift manner

4. (tr) to make different in order to deceive, tamper with, falsify, or adulterate

5. (tr) to adapt for a desired end, effect, etc.

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) (tr) to castrate (a cat, dog, etc.)

[from Latin: teacher, from docēre to teach]

doctoral , doctorial [dɒkˈtɔːrɪəl] adj

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doctor, physician - Doctor is derived from Latin doctus, "having been taught; learned," from docere, "to teach"; physician comes from Latin physica, "natural science; physics."

See also related terms for taught.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	doctor - a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" doc, physician, Dr., MD, medico abortionist - a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies allergist - a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies angiologist - a physician who specializes in angiology extern, medical extern - a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there gastroenterologist - a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract general practitioner, GP - a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses hakeem, hakim - a Muslim physician house physician, resident physician, resident - a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital" houseman, intern, interne, medical intern - an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term) medical man, medical practitioner - someone who practices medicine primary care physician - the physician who provides primary care; "the primary care physician acts as a gatekeeper to the medical system" quack - an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice medical specialist, specialist - practices one branch of medicine operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon - a physician who specializes in surgery vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon - a doctor who practices veterinary medicine doctor-patient relation - the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient
	2.	Doctor - (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 of the Church Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer - someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
	3.	doctor - 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" child's play, play - activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child"
	4.	doctor - a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics" Dr. bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
Verb	1.	doctor - alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" doctor up, sophisticate adulterate, dilute, debase, load, stretch - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
	2.	doctor - give medical treatment to practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" vet - provide veterinary care for
	3.	doctor - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, touch on, restore ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" tinker, fiddle - try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" fill - plug with a substance; "fill a cavity" patch, piece - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" cobble - repair or mend; "cobble shoes" repoint, point - repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney" trouble-shoot, troubleshoot - solve problems; "He is known to be good at trouble-shooting" patch up, patch - mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole" resole, sole - put a new sole on; "sole the shoes" revamp, vamp - provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" reheel, heel - put a new heel on; "heel shoes" darn - repair by sewing; "darn socks"

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doctor

noun

physician, medic (informal), clinician, general practitioner, medical practitioner, G.P. Do not stop the treatment without consulting your doctor.

verb

1. change, alter, interfere with, disguise, pervert, fudge, tamper with, tinker with, misrepresent, falsify, meddle with, mess about with They doctored the photograph.

2. add to, spike, cut, mix something with something, dilute, water down, adulterate He had doctored her milk.

Quotations
"God heals, and the doctor takes the fee" [Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack]
"Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earth" [Voltaire Philosophical Dictionary]
"The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman" [Jonathan Swift Polite Conversation]
"God and the doctor we alike adore"
"But only when in danger, not before;"
"The danger o'er, both are alike requited,"
"God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted" [John Owen Epigrams]

Translations

doctor [ˈdɒktəʳ]

A. N

1. (Med) → médico/a m/f
to go to the doctor's → ir al médico
Doctor Brown → el doctor Brown
to be under the doctor → estar bajo tratamiento médico
it was just what the doctor ordered → fue mano de santo

2. (Univ) → doctor(a) m/f (of en) DEGREE

B. VT

1. (= tamper with) [+ food, drink] → adulterar; [+ document] → manipular

2. (= treat) [+ cold] → tratar, curar
to doctor o.s → automedicarse

3. (= castrate) [+ cat, dog etc] → castrar

C. CPD doctor's degree N → doctorado m
doctor's excuse (US) doctor's line (Brit) doctor's note (Brit) N → baja f (médica)

doctor up VT + ADV [+ machine etc] → remendar, arreglar de cualquier modo

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doctor [ˈdɒktə^r]

n

(medical) → médecin mf(femme médecin f), docteur mf(doctoresse f)
She's a doctor → Elle est médecin., Elle est docteur.
I'd like to be a doctor → Je voudrais être médecin.
at the doctor's → chez le médecin
to go to the doctor's → aller chez le médecin
Doctor Paige (= title) → Le docteur Paige
doctor's surgery (British) doctor's office (US) → cabinet m de consultation

(= PhD) → docteur m

vt

(= neuter) [+ cat] → châtrer

(= interfere with) [+ food] → dénaturer; [+ drink] → frelater

(= falsify) [+ text, document, picture, figures] → falsifier

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doctor

n

(Med) → Arzt m, → Ärztin f, → Doktor(in) m(f) (inf); Doctor Smith → Doktor Smith; yes, doctor → ja, Herr/Frau Doktor; the doctor’s (= surgery) → der Arzt; to go to the doctor → zum Arzt gehen; to send for the doctor → den Arzt holen; he is a doctor → er ist Arzt; a woman doctor → eine Ärztin; he’s under a doctor in London (inf) → er ist bei einem Arzt in London in Behandlung; to be under doctor’s orders → in ärztlicher Behandlung sein; it’s just what the doctor ordered (fig inf) → das ist genau das Richtige

(Univ etc) → Doktor m; to get one’s doctor’s degree → promovieren, seinen Doktor machen; doctor of Law/of Science etc → Doktor der Rechte/der Naturwissenschaften etc; Dear Doctor Smith → Sehr geehrter Herr Dr./Sehr geehrte Frau Dr. Smith

vt

cold → behandeln; to doctor oneself/somebody → an sich (dat) → /jdm herumdoktern

(inf: = castrate) → kastrieren

(= tamper with) accounts → frisieren; text → verfälschen; the food’s/wine’s been doctored → dem Essen/Wein ist etwas beigemischt worden

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doctor [ˈdɒktəʳ]

1. n

a. (Med) → dottore/essa, medico
Doctor Brown → il Dottor Brown
doctor's office (Am) → studio medico, ambulatorio

b. (Univ) (Ph.D.) → dottore/essa
Doctor of Philosophy (degree) → dottorato di ricerca; (person) → titolare m/f di un dottorato di ricerca

2. vt

a. (interfere with, food, drink) → adulterare; (000, text, document) → alterare, manipolare

b. (treat, cold) → curare

c. (fam) (castrate, cat) → castrare

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doctor

n doctor [ˈdoktə]

(often abbreviated toDrwhen written in titles)

1 a person who is trained to treat ill people Doctor Davidson; You should call the doctor if you are ill; I'll have to go to the doctor. dokter طَبيب лекар doktor, lékař læge; doktor der Doktor γιατρός médico arst, doktor دکتر lääkäri docteur/-eure רוֹפֵא डाक्टर, वैद्य, चिकित्सक liječnik doktor, orvos dokter læknir dottore, medico 医師 의사 daktaras, gydytojas ārsts tabib dokter lege, doktor lekarz, doktor médico doctor, medic доктор; врач lekár, -ka zdravnik doktor läkare, doktor แพทย์ doktor, hekim 醫生 лікар سند یافتہ طبیب bác sỹ 医生

2 a person who has gained the highest university degree in any subject. doktor دُكْتور: دَرَجَة دُكْتوراه доктор doktor doktor der Doktor διδάκτορας doctor doktor شخص دارای عنوان دکتری tohtori docteur/-eure תוֹאָר ד”ר विद्वान doktor znanosti doktor (egyetemi fokozat) doktor doktor dottore 博士 박사 daktaras doktors doktor doctor doktor (universitetsgrad) doktor doutor doctor доктор doktor, -ka doktor doktor doktor ดุษฎีบัณฑิต doktor 博士 доктор کسی موضوع میں سب سے اونچی ڈگری حاصل کرنے والا شخص tiến sỹ 博士

v

1 to interfere with; to add something to (usually alcohol or drugs) Someone had doctored her drink. dokter يَتَدَخَّل في، يَزيد подправям smíchat, pančovat pille ved; putte noget i vermischen αλλοιώνω, νοθεύω adulterar (midagi) sisse segama دستکاری کردن؛ آمیختن با sotkea trafiquer לְזָיֵיף मिलावट करना patvoriti, krivotvoriti megvizez mengganggu skipta sér af; bæta e-u í falsificare, adulterare 混ぜ物をする (음료 등에 무엇을) 섞다 prikišti nagus prie, apgadinti piejaukt (dzērienam) kasi knoeien met sette til, pynte på, forfalske (s)preparować adulterar a falsifica, a boteza разбавлять; подмешивать zmiešať, pančovať imeti prste vmes, poseči (v) patvoriti fiffla (manipulera) med, blanda upp (ut) ปลอมแปลงเพื่อหลอกลวง; ใส่บางอย่างลงในเครื่องดื่ม katmak, karıştırmak 攙雜(酒等) підмішувати کسی چیز میں ملاوٹ کرنا pha 搀杂（酒等）

2 to treat with medicine etc I'm doctoring my cold with aspirin. dokter, behandel يُطَبِّب، يُعالِج лекувам kurýrovat behandle behandeln θεραπεύω tratar, curar tohterdama درمان کردن lääkitä soigner לְטַפֵּל इलाज करना liječiti gyógyít mengobati veita læknismeðferð curare, medicare 治療する 치료하다 gydyti(s) ārstēt rawat behandelen behandle, doktorere leczyć medicar a doftorici лечить kurírovať zdraviti lečiti kurera, bota รักษา tedavi etmek 醫治 лікувати دوا سے علاج کرنا chữa bệnh 医治

n doctorate [-rət]

the degree of Doctor. doktoraat, doktorsgraad دَرَجَة ``دكتوراه'' докторат doktorát doktorgrad das Doktorat διδακτορικό doctorado doktorikraad درجه دکتری؛ دکترا tohtorinarvo doctorat דוֹקטוֹרָט डाक्टरेट doktorat doktorátus doktoral doktorsgráða dottorato di ricerca 博士号 박사 학위 daktaro laipsnis doktora grāds kedoktotan doctoraat doktorgrad doktorat doutoramento doctorat докторская степень doktorát doktorat doktorat doktorsgrad ปริญญาเอก doktora 博士學位 докторський ступінь کسی علمی شعبے میں اعلی ترین سند học vị tiến sỹ 博士学位

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doctor → طبيب lékař læge Arzt γιατρός doctor lääkäri docteur doktor dottore 医者 의사 dokter lege lekarz médico доктор läkare แพทย์ doktor bác sỹ 医生