DOCTOR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of doctor in English
doctor noun [C]
(MEDICINE )
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(written abbreviation Dr ) see a doctor You should see a doctor about that cough .
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doctor noun [C]
(EDUCATION )
(written abbreviation Dr )
doctor verb [T]
(CHANGE )
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doctor verb [T]
(ANIMAL )
(Definition of doctor from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
Examples of doctor
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At a particular "real" moment, will doctor , nurse, patient, and family agree to what had been planned when the topic was "theoretical"?
Second, physically speaking, patients are usually helped in any such transfer by a nurse, a doctor , or one of the patient's relatives.
One way of facilitating such changes was reported to be through the employment of salaried doctors.
Many doctors who worked in the relevant period must be available for questioning and hospital records have survived.
The role of a doctor is to help the patient at all times and remove the anxiety surrounding the condition.
A doctor told him that this condition was caused by excess consumption of roasted and fried food.
She says that her knee hurt when she was young, and doctors told her parents and schoolteachers never to let her play sports.
Since such an experiment must extend over a long period of time, there is also the problem of turnover of doctors and counsellors.
The faecal specimen was usually collected on the first visit to the doctor (median 1, range 1-6 visits).
The placebo effect is related to the patient's and doctor's expectations on treatment and to the quality of the patient-doctor relationship.
Nurses and patients saw a difference between nurse practitioners and doctors which was mainly related to consultation style, accessibility and length of consultation.
To do otherwise is akin to doctoring a sick person on the basis of global health statistics.
It is clear that not even every doctor has this message firmly engraved on his mind.
Eleven percent had taken a tranquillizer, antidepressant or sleeping tablet, and all these compounds had been prescribed by a doctor .
As the family doctor is generally not considered to be fully equipped for assessment of epilepsy, this can be described as 'doctor's delay'.
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Translations of doctor
in Chinese (Traditional)
醫學, 醫生，大夫, 教育…
in Chinese (Simplified)
医学, 医生，大夫, 教育…
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médico, médica, doctor…
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médico, médica, doutor…
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डॉक्टर/वैद्य - आजारी किंवा जखमी व्यक्तींवर उपचार करण्याचे काम करणारी वैद्यकीय पदवी घेतलेली व्यक्ती…
hekim, tahrif etmek, değiştirmek…
médecin [masculine], docteur [masculine], trafiquer…
dokter, doctor, knoeien met…
மருத்துவ பட்டம் பெற்ற ஒருவர், நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டவர்களுக்கு அல்லது காயப்பட்டவர்களுக்கு சிகிச்சையளிப்பதே இதன் வேலை…
läkare, doktor, fiffla (manipulera) med…
der Doktor, vermischen, behandeln…
manipulere med, doktor [masculine], lege [masculine]…
лікар, доктор, підмішувати…
dokter, doktor, mengganggu…
แพทย์, ดุษฎีบัณฑิต, ปลอมแปลงเพื่อหลอกลวง…
lekarz, fałszować, preparować…
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