doctor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.3.6 Related terms 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.3.2 Derived terms 2.3.3 Related terms 2.3.4 Descendants 3 Romanian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Declension 3.3.2 Related terms 3.3.3 See also 4 Spanish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Synonyms 4.1.2 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin doctor (“‘teacher’”) from doceō (“‘teach’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɒktə/, SAMPA: /"dQkt@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈdɑktɚ/, SAMPA: /"dAkt@`/
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[edit] Noun

doctor (plural doctors)

1. A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick. The final examination and qualification may award a doctorate in which case the post-nominal letters are MD in the US or MBBS in the UK.

   If you still feel unwell tomorrow, go see your doctor.

2. A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.
3. A veterinarian; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick.
4. A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.

[edit] Usage notes

• Doctor is capitalized when used as a title:

  Doctor Smith

[edit] Synonyms

• (physician): doc (informal), medic, physician, sawbones (slang), surgeon (who undertakes surgery)
• (general practitioner): family doctor, general practitioner, GP (UK)
• (person who has attained a doctorate):
• (veterinarian): vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon

[edit] Derived terms

See also Types of academic doctor below

[edit] Related terms

• doctorand
• doctorate
• doctorial

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Types of academic doctor

Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (D.A.O.M.) Doctor of Arts (D.A.) Doctor of Architecture (D.Arch.) Doctor of Applied Science (D.A.S.) Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) Doctor of Chemistry (D.Chem.) Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.) Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) Doctor of Criminal Justice (D.C.J.) Doctor of Comparative/Civil Law (D.C.L.) Doctor of Computer Science (D.C.S.) Doctor of Criminology (D.Crim.) Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) Doctor of Design (Dr.DES.) Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) Doctor of Environmental Design (D.E.D.) Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.) Doctor of Environment (D.Env.) Doctor of Engineering Science (D.E.Sc./Sc.D.E.) Doctor of Forestry (D.F.) Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) Doctor of Geological Science (D.G.S.) Doctor of Hebrew Literature/Letters (D.H.L.) Doctor of Health and Safety (D.H.S.) Doctor of Hebrew Studies (D.H.S.) Doctor of Industrial Technology (D.I.T.) Doctor of Information Technology (D.I.T.) Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) Doctor of Library Science (D.L.S.) Doctor of Music (D.M.) Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A., A.Mus.D.) Doctor of Musical Education (D.M.E.) Doctor of Ministry (D.Min./D.M.) Doctor of Modern Languages (D.M.L.) Doctor of Music Ministry (D.M.M.) Doctor of Medical Science (D.M.Sc.) Doctor of Nursing Science (D.N.Sc.)

Doctor of Public Administration (D.P.A.) Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Doctor of Physical Education (D.P.E.) Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.) Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) Doctor of Public Health (D.P.H.) Doctor of Professional Studies (D.P.S.) Doctor of Religious Education (D.R.E.) Doctor of Recreation (D.Rec./D.R.) Doctor of Science (D.Sc./Sc.D.) Doctor of Science in Dentistry (D.Sc.D.) Doctor of Science and Hygiene (D.Sc.H.) Doctor of Science in Veterinary Medicine (D.Sc.V.M.) Doctor of Sacred Music (D.S.M.) Doctor of Social Science (D.S.Sc.) Doctor of Social Work (D.S.W.) Doctor of Canon Law (J.C.D.) Doctor of the Science of Law (L.Sc.D.) Doctor of Rehabilitation (Rh.D.) Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) Doctor of Technology (D.Tech.) Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) Doctor of the University (D.Univ) Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or Veterinary Medical Doctor (D.V.M./V.M.D) Divinitatis Doctor, Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) Juris Doctor, Doctor of Law (J.D.) Optometry Doctor, Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) Legum Doctor, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) Literarum Doctor, Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) Medicine Doctor, Doctor of Medicine (M.D./D.M.) Music Doctor, Doctor of Music (D.Mus.)

[edit] Verb

to doctor (third-person singular simple present doctors, present participle doctoring, simple past and past participle doctored)

1. (transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.

   Her children doctored her back to health.

2. (transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor.
3. (transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.

   They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.

   We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.

4. (transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.

   Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.

5. (transitive) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.

   To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.

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[edit] See also

• doctorand
• Wikipedia article on doctorates
• surgeon

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From doceō (“‘teach’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈdok.tor/

[edit] Noun

doctor (genitive doctōris); m, third declension

1. teacher, instructor
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) catechist

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	doctor	doctōrēs
genitive	doctōris	doctōrum
dative	doctōrī	doctōribus
accusative	doctōrem	doctōrēs
ablative	doctōre	doctōribus
vocative	doctor	doctōrēs

[edit] Derived terms

• doctrīna
• doctrix

[edit] Related terms

doceō docibilis docibilitās docilis docilitās

doctē doctificus doctiusculē doctrīnālis doctus

[edit] Descendants

English: doctor French: docteur Galician: doutor Italian: dottore

Portuguese: doutor Romanian: doctor Sardinian: duttore Spanish: doctor

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin doctor, French docteur or German Doktor

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ 'dok.tor ]

[edit] Noun

doctor m. (plural doctori; feminine equivalent doctoră)

1. doctor

[edit] Declension

[edit] Related terms

• medic

[edit] See also

• доктор (Moldavian cyrillic spelling)

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

doctor m. (feminine doctora, masculine plural doctores, feminine plural doctoras)

1. doctor
2. physician

[edit] Synonyms

• (physician): médico

[edit] Related terms

• doctorado
• doctorante