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doctor
doctor originally (in Middle English) a person skilled in, and therefore entitled to teach or speak authoritatively on, any branch of knowledge, a learned person; the word comes via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’, from docere ‘teach’.From this developed the... Read more |
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Doctors of the Church
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Juris Doctor
JURIS DOCTOR The degree awarded to an individual upon the successful completion of law school. Juris doctor, or doctor of jurisprudence, commonly abbreviated J.D., is the degree commonly conferred by law schools. It is required in all states except California (which includes an option called law... Read more |
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witch doctor
witch doctor In the genre of African colonial literature, the ‘witch doctor’ — Gagool in Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines, for example — serves as an allegory for the dark, sinister, forces of barbarism.This is a gross distortion of the actual situation in Africa;... Read more |
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Doctors Without Borders
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Nausea and Vomiting
Nausea and vomiting Definition Nausea is the sensation of being about to vomit. Vomiting, or emesis, is the expelling from the stomach of undigested food through the mouth. Description Nausea is a reaction to a number of causes that include overeating, infection, or... Read more |
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Animal Magnetism
ANIMAL MAGNETISM "Animal magnetism" is a term popularized by the Viennese doctor Franz Mesmer. In M Read more |
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Gaspard Bauhin
Gaspard Bauhin , 1560-1624, Swiss botanist and doctor of medicine, of French descent. His early classification of plants by genus and species in his chief work, the Pinax theatri botanici (1623), anticipated the binomial arrangement of Linnaeus. Bauhin reformed anatomical nomenclature, especially... Read more |
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Patients Rights
PATIENTS' RIGHTS The legal interests of persons who submit to medical treatment. For many years, common medical practice meant that physicians made decisions for their patients. This paternalistic view has gradually been supplanted by one promoting patient autonomy, whereby patients and doctors... Read more |
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Fathers of the Church
Fathers of the Church collective name for the Christian writers of early times whose work is considered generally orthodox. A convenient definition includes all such writers up to and including St. Gregory I (St. Gregory the Great) in the West and St. John of Damascus in the East (see ... Read more |
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witch doctor
witch doctor In the genre of African colonial literature, the ‘witch doctor’ — Gagool in Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines...being of their clients. In fact, the term ‘witch doctor’ is a misnomer. These functionaries neither doctor... |
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Doctor of Alcantara, The
Doctor of Alcantara, The (1866), an opéra bouffe by Benjamin Edward Woolf (book...Two young lovers, Carlos and Isabella, are ordered by their fathers, Doctor Paracelsus and Señor Balthazar, to marry mates they have never seen. No... |
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Doctor Thorne
Doctor Thorne, a novel by A. Trollope, published 1858, the third of the ‘Barsetshire’ series. |
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Doctor Angelicus
Doctor Angelicus, Aquinas; Invinci-bilis, Ockham; Irrefragabilis, Alexander of Hales; Mirabilis, Roger Bacon; Subtilis, Duns Scotus; Universalis, Albertus Magnus. |
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Faustus, Doctor
Faustus, Doctor, see Dr Faustus. |
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Doctors' Commons
Doctors' Commons was the popular name for the labyrinthine complex of law courts just south of St Paul's, London, from 1565 until... |
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medicine
...and dictating the fees doctors could charge. Patients...treated at home, in a doctor's house, or, in the...inflicted the injury. The doctor's house had to be well...not recover then the doctor could be fined.In terms...treatments, early Irish ... |
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pain, social perception
...sadistic gratification. Sadistic doctors (especially psychiatrists...which people seek relief from doctors, either as a sign of body damage...from a distressed mind. Doctors often try to solve the problem...body, wrote in his book The Doctor, His Patient and ... |
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Childbirth
...in urban areas began to call upon male doctors to attend them in their homes during delivery...reduce labor pains. Unfortunately, hiring doctors did not necessarily guarantee safety...misapplication of forceps.Besides choosing doctors over midwives, those who could afford ... |
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diagnosis, systems of
...diseased state. All alert doctors are aware of the patient...say ‘And by the way, doctor ...’ Only then may the...relationships. Experienced doctors know that the clinical...has been recorded, the doctor turns to physical examination... |
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doctor
...this developed the senses of Doctor of the Church, and (with...university degree; the sense of doctor as an authority on medicine...medical practitioner.The title Doctor of the Church was given to...Teresa of Ávila).the best doctors are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet, ... |
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Doctors of the Church
Doctors of the Church. Title given by the...Boniface VIII in 1298.The title doctor is also unofficially used with distinguishing...various scholastic teachers, e.g. Doctor Angelicus ( Thomas Aquinas), Doctor universalis (Albertus Magnus... |
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Doctor
Doctor (dok-ter) n. 1. the title given to a recipient...university degree than a Master's degree, usually a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil) degree. The degree Medicinae Doctor (MD) is awarded by some British universities as... |
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sugar doctor
sugar doctor To prevent the crystallization or ‘graining’ of sugar in sugar confectionery, a substance called the sugar doctor or candy doctor is added. This may be a weak acid, such as cream of tartar, which... |
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Doctors, Scholastic
Doctors, Scholastic. In later medieval times the outstanding Scholastic teachers and others were often given distinguishing epithets, e.g. Doctor angelicus ( St Thomas Aquinas). |
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candy doctor
candy doctor See sugar doctor. |
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Crippen, Doctor
Crippen, Doctor familiar name for Hawley Harvey Crippen (1862–1910), American-born British murderer, who having poisoned his wife and... |
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Angelic Doctor, the
Angelic Doctor, the. St Thomas Aquinas. |
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Doctors Commons
Doctors' Commons. A society of ecclesiastical lawyers founded in the late 15th cent. It served as a college of advocates for those practising... |
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doctor, the
doctor, the Local term for the W. African harmattan wind: it refers to the health-giving properties of this wind. |
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doctor
doctor • verb 1. doctor the patientssynonyms: treat, prescribe for, attend to, minister to, care for, cure, heal. 2. doctor the machinerysynonyms: patch up, repair, fix, mend, botch. 3... |
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physician
physician • noun consult your physician firstsynonyms: doctor, doctor of medicine, MD, medical practitioner, general practitioner, GP, clinician, family doctor; specialist, consultant; informal doc, quack, medic, medico; intern, resident; informal, dated sawbones. |
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fake
...reproduction; informal phony, rip-off, knockoff, dupe. 2. that doctor is a fake synonyms: charlatan, fraud, fraudster, mountebank...falsify, mock up, copy, pirate, reproduce, replicate; doctor, alter, tamper with. 2. she faked a yawn synonyms: feign... |
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vet
...council synonyms: check, examine, scrutinize, investigate, inspect, look over, screen, assess, evaluate, appraise; informal check out. • noun I took the cat to the vet synonyms: veterinarian, animal doctor, horse doctor. |
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drug
drug • noun 1. drugs prescribed by doctors synonyms: medicine, medication, medicament, pharmaceutical; remedy, cure, antidote...drugs to, tamper with, adulterate, contaminate, lace, poison; informal dope, spike, doctor. |
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prescription
prescription • noun 1. the prescription of drugs is part of a doctor's jobsynonyms: prescribing, ordering, advising. 2. the doctor wrote a prescription for antibioticssynonyms: instruction, order, direction. 3... |
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amputate
amputate • verb doctors had to amputate two fingerssynonyms: cut off, sever, remove (surgically), dismember, saw/chop off. |
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...live as their ancestors didsynonyms: in the same manner that, in the same way that; inf. like. 6. the well-paid, as doctors and lawyerssynonyms: such as, for instance, for example, namely, viz; inf. like. 7. as you know, he's deadsynonyms... |
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attend
...synonyms: care for, look after, minister to, see to; tend (to), treat, nurse, help, aid, assist, succor; informal doctor. 4. he attended to the boy's education synonyms: deal with, see to, manage, organize, sort out, handle, take care... |
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bleed
bleed • verb 1. the wounded/wounds were bleeding badlysynonyms: shed/lose blood, emit blood. 2. doctors formerly bled patientssynonyms: draw blood from, remove/take blood from; fml. phlebotomize. 3. sap bleeding from a cut in... |
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Doctors aim for respect, then money: financial compensation is one thing, but...
...define the expert doctor in workers' compensation. These doctors practice at the peak...Yet insurers and doctors are beginning to talk...entails in the insurer/doctor relationship. am...evaluating a network of doctors. And that's just... |
 "The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan)")
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Doctors leave scissors in girl's stomach.
...was better to contact the LGH doctors as they knew well about history...working as a housemaid in a lady doctors house informed her about the incident. The lady doctor herself took the girl to Ittefaq Hospital where doctors in ultrasound examinations... |
 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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Doctors stir, half asleep; Message: Physician heed thy...
...One was that when doctors have a choice of...the blue pill, the doctor will give you the...slandering our doctors and impugning their...also false. The doctor who diagnoses a child...out from between doctors and patients. While...doubtless ... |
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Doctors' Day Greeting Cards Announced for 2010.
...balloons, banners and doctor gifts are purchased by...nationwide. History of National Doctors' Day The first Doctor's Day observance was...prweb.com/releases/doctors-day-greeting-card/doctor-gifts/prweb3249504... |
 "The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV)")
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Doctors reveal secret to getting red carpet treatment: Ask the right...
...Check out the doctors who provide coverage for your doctor. * Ask a doctor...org). They ask doctors where they trained for their specialty a doctor who has trained with...privileges. Most doctors look for a ... |
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Doctors hold demo at KPC against arrest of Waheed brothers, demanded...
...July 14 (PPI): A large number of doctors along with their family members and patients...inscribed with demands for release of detained doctors, they demanded government to stop derogatory...protest demonstration was held by Joint Doctors Action Committee (JDAC) comprising ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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DISILLUSIONED DOCTORS HAVE PLENTY TO SAY.(Living)
...pulling reluctant doctors into the social...of the country. A doctor may be criticized...some people view doctors as isolated and insensitive...cartoon showing a doctor's receptionist...I'm sorry. The doctor does not make phone...touched a ... |
 "The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)")
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Doctors, industry -- a conflict?
...hospital where the doctor practices. Health...require independent doctors who practice at their...companies unless the doctor is involved in a...though, realize that doctors' ties to industry...increasingly pay doctors to oversee ... |
 "The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)")
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Doctors saying no on moral grounds: Survey says many withhold information,...
...spoke with said the doctor would not write prescriptions...went back to the first doctor and now tries to select doctors whose views are closer...has never heard of a doctor refusing to administer...terminal illness. "Some doctors see it as ... |
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Doctors Express to Celebrate Grand Opening March 31 -- April 2.
...practitioners become increasingly overloaded, Doctors Express is a welcome alternative for patients in need of urgent care. Doctors Express of Lake Oswego, part of a...m. at 17437 Boones Ferry Road. Doctors Express offers high quality, low... |
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