Doctor
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Doctor
Noun
- A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK. <!--Encyclopedic info: In the UK the qualifying exam is a first degree and the letters are [[MBBS]] or [[MBChB]]. (Usually refers to a [[general practitioner]], as others are referred to by their [[specialty|specialties]].)-->
"If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor."
- 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.
- A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
- A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
- A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
Verb
- To act as a medical doctor to.
"Her children doctored her back to health."
- To act as a medical doctor.
- To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
- 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."
- To genetically alter an extant species.
"Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored."