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Dr.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dr."

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docnoun(informal) A doctor.
doctornounA 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.
physiciannounA medical doctor trained in human medicine.
medicnounA physician.
surgeonnounOne who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
cliniciannounAny 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).
practitionernounA person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.
healernounAnything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.
medical professional
diagnosticiannounA person who diagnoses, especially a medical doctor.
gpnounAbbreviation of group. [A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.]
general practitionernounA physician who provides primary care; treating acute and chronic illnesses and providing preventive care and health education.
specialistnounSomeone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
family physiciannounA family doctor.
internistnoun(medicine) A physician who specialises in internal medicine.
medical practitionernounA person who practices medicine.
medical officernouna medical practitioner in the armed forces
sawbonesnoun(slang) A surgeon.

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