doctor
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(verb) give medical treatment to |
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Related Words: care for, treat, vet |
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(noun) children take the roles of doctor or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the doctor's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor" |
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Related Words: child's play, play |
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(noun) a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" |
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Synonyms: Dr., MD, doc, medico, physician |
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Related Words: GP, abortionist, allergist, angiologist, extern, general practitioner, house physician, houseman, intern, interne, internist, medical extern, medical intern, medical man, medical practitioner, medical specialist, operating surgeon, quack, resident, resident physician, sawbones, specialist, surgeon, vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon |
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(noun) a person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics" |
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Synonyms: Dr. |
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Related Words: scholar, scholarly person, student |
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(noun) a leading theologian in the history of the Roman Catholic Church; "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages" |
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Synonyms: Doctor of the Church |
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Related Words: Roman Catholic, theologian, theologist, theologizer |
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(verb) alter with the intention to deceive; Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" |
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Synonyms: adulterate, doctor up, sophisticate |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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(verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" |
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Synonyms: bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on |
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Related Words: ameliorate, amend, better, cobble, darn, fill, heel, improve, meliorate, patch, patch up, piece, point, reheel, repoint, resole, revamp, sole, trouble-shoot, vamp |
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