Definitions For Doctor

noun

• Children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office
• A licensed medical practitioner
• A person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
• (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching
• A person who is skilled in the science of medicine : a person who is trained and licensed to treat sick and injured people
• The place where a doctor works
• A dentist

verb

• Give medical treatment to
• Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
• Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
• To change (something) especially in order to trick or deceive people
• To add something (such as alcohol or drugs) to (a food or drink)
• To give medical treatment to (an injury, a person, etc.)