doctor betydelser och definitioner

A person, especially a physician, dentist, or veterinarian, trained in the healing arts and licensed to practice.

A person who has earned the highest academic degree awarded by a college or university in a specified discipline.

A person awarded an honorary degree by a college or university.

Used as a title and form of address for a person holding the degree of doctor.

Roman Catholic Church An eminent theologian.

A practitioner of folk medicine or folk magic.

A rig or device contrived for remedying an emergency situation or for doing a special task.

Any of several brightly colored artificial flies used in fly fishing.

Informal To give medical treatment to: "[He] does more than practice medicine. He doctors people. There's a difference” ( Charles Kuralt).

To repair, especially in a makeshift manner; rig.

To falsify or change in such a way as to make favorable to oneself: doctored the evidence.

To add ingredients so as to improve or conceal the taste, appearance, or quality of: doctor the soup with a dash of sherry. See Synonyms at adulterate.

To alter or modify for a specific end: doctored my standard speech for the small-town audience.

Baseball To deface or apply a substance to (the ball): was ejected because he doctored the ball with a piece of sandpaper.

Informal To practice medicine.