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| Main Entry: |
doctor
 [dok-ter] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | medical practitioner |
| Synonyms: | MD, bones, doc, expert, general practitioner, healer, intern, medic, medical person, medico, physician, professor, quack, scientist, specialist, surgeon |
| Notes: | the word doctor is derived from Latin doctus 'having been taught; learned' (from docere 'to teach'); physician comes from Latin physica 'natural science; physics' |
| Antonyms: | patient |
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| Main Entry: | medic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physician |
| Synonyms: | corpsman, doc, doctor, intern, practitioner, surgeon |
| Main Entry: | medic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | health practitioner |
| Synonyms: | doc, doctor, intern, physician, practitioner, surgeon |
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Example Sentences
- At some point, a surgeon has to make that complicated operation the first time.
- Gottschalk went on to become a renowned general surgeon dedicated to human health.
- Then, using a syringe or a pneumatic spray, the surgeon squirts the cells on to the wound.
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