doctor

n. person who is licensed to practice medicine (i.e. physician, surgeon); one who received a doctor's degree from a university

v. provide medical treatment, take care of someone who is ill; fix, repair; tamper with, falsify; alter

Doctor or doctors may refer to:Doctor (title), a title of respect. It comes to English from Old French and is the agent form of the Latin verb docere, "to teach".Doctor of the Church, a title granted by the Roman Catholic Church to a small number of its saints.
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Noun
1. (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the othodoxy of their theological teaching; "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
(synonym) Doctor of the Church
(hypernym) theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser
(hyponym) Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose
(classification) Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church

Noun
1. a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"
(synonym) doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico
(hypernym) medical practitioner, medical man
(hyponym) abortionist
(member-holonym) doctor-patient relation
2. 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"
(hypernym) play, child's play
3. a person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"
(synonym) Dr.
(hypernym) scholar, scholarly person, student
Verb
1. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
(synonym) sophisticate, doctor up
(hypernym) adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
2. give medical treatment to
(hypernym) treat, care for
(hyponym) vet
(derivation) doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine
3. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
(synonym) repair, mend, fix, bushel, furbish up, restore, touch on
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hyponym) tinker, fiddle

n. doctor

n. doctor, person who is licensed to practice medicine (i.e. physician, surgeon)