doctoring

English

Verb

doctoring

1. present participle and gerund of doctor

Noun

doctoring (plural doctorings)

1. Treatment by a doctor; the practice of treating the sick; practising medicine.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     "I knew enough of doctoring to see that in another hour he would be beyond the reach of earthly help - perhaps in another five minutes."

   • 1950, Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology, number 15, page 39:

     For example, some doctors have a reputation for being particularly adept at working on unconscious people. If the symptoms have lingered for a long time and doctorings have not been successful, the family may postpone further treatment […]

Derived terms

• double doctoring
• spin doctoring