°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.
verb
°To act as a medical doctor to.
°To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor.
synonyms:
doc, medic, physician, sawbones
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, surgeon, family doctor, general practitioner, gp, vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon