💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dr."
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| docnoun | (informal) A doctor. |
| doctornoun | 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. |
| mdnoun | (British, medicine) Medicinae Doctor: Symbol indicating a higher research doctorate in medicine; Doctor of Medicine |
| mediconoun | (informal) A physician or medical doctor; sometimes also a medical student. |
| physiciannoun | A medical doctor trained in human medicine. |
| medicnoun | A physician. |
| surgeonnoun | One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals. |
| cliniciannoun | Any healthcare practitioner working at the point of care, in clinical practice (e.g., physicians in clinical medicine, nurses in nursing practice, or allied health providers in practice). |
| practitionernoun | A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine. |
| healernoun | Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease. |
| medical professional | — |
| diagnosticiannoun | A person who diagnoses, especially a medical doctor. |
| gpnoun | Abbreviation of group. [A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.] |
| general practitionernoun | A physician who provides primary care; treating acute and chronic illnesses and providing preventive care and health education. |
| specialistnoun | Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research. |
| family physiciannoun | A family doctor. |
| internistnoun | (medicine) A physician who specialises in internal medicine. |
| medical practitionernoun | A person who practices medicine. |
| medical officernoun | a medical practitioner in the armed forces |
| sawbonesnoun | (slang) A surgeon. |
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