doctor

1. A licensed medical practitioner (synset 110040615)
   "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"
   is a type of: medical man, medical practitioner - someone who practices medicine
   subtypes:

   • abortionist - a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies
   • allergist - a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies
   • angiologist - a physician who specializes in angiology
   • extern, medical extern - a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there
   • gastroenterologist - a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
   • general practitioner, gp - a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses
   • hakeem, hakim - a Muslim physician
   • house physician, resident, resident physician - a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
   • houseman, intern, interne, medical intern - an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
   • primary care physician - the physician who provides primary care
   • quack - an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
   • medical specialist, specialist - practices one branch of medicine
   • operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon - a physician who specializes in surgery
   • vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon - a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
   specific instances:

   • abul-walid mohammed ibn-ahmad ibn-mohammed ibn-roshd, averroes, ibn-roshd - Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198)
   • abu ali al-husain ibn abdallah ibn sina, avicenna, ibn-sina - Persian physician and influential philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037)
   • barany, robert barany - Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936)
   • bartholin, caspar bartholin - Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629)
   • bruce, david bruce, sir david bruce - Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
   • burrill bernard crohn, crohn - United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983)
   • down, john l. h. down - English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
   • christiaan eijkman, eijkman - Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930)
   • etienne-louis arthur fallot, fallot - French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911)
   • gilbert, william gilbert - English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)
   • harvey, william harvey - English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)
   • hodgkin, thomas hodgkin - English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)
   • george huntington, huntington - United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
   • aletta jacobs, jacobs - Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)
   • edward jenner, jenner - English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)
   • harry f. klinefelter, harry fitch kleinfelter, klinefelter - United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912)
   • clemence sophia harned lozier, lozier - United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888)
   • manson, sir patrick manson - Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)
   • franz anton mesmer, friedrich anton mesmer, mesmer - Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815)
   • paracelsus, philippus aureolus paracelsus, theophrastus philippus aureolus bombastus von hohenheim - Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)
   • peter mark roget, roget - English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869)
   • ross, sir ronald ross - British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
   • benjamin rush, rush - physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
   • albert schweitzer, schweitzer - French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)
   • anna howard shaw, shaw - United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)
   • simpson, sir james young simpson - Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870)
   • english hippocrates, sydenham, thomas sydenham - English physician (1624-1689)
   • e. a. von willebrand, erik adolf von willebrand, erik von willebrand, von willebrand, willebrand - Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949)
   belongs to: doctor-patient relation - the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient
   same as: doc, dr., md, medico, physician
2. (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching (synset 110041836)
   "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
   referred to in: church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
   is a type of: theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer - someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
   specific instances:

   • ambrose, saint ambrose, st. ambrose - (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)
   • aquinas, saint thomas, saint thomas aquinas, st. thomas, st. thomas aquinas, thomas aquinas - (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274)
   • athanasius, athanasius the great, saint athanasius, st. athanasius - (Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373)
   • augustine, augustine of hippo, saint augustine, st. augustine - (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)
   • basil, basil of caesarea, basil the great, st. basil, st. basil the great - (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
   • baeda, beda, bede, saint baeda, saint beda, saint bede, st. baeda, st. beda, st. bede, the venerable bede - (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
   • gregory, gregory i, gregory the great, saint gregory i, st. gregory i - (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604)
   • gregory, gregory nazianzen, gregory of nazianzen, st. gregory of nazianzen - (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391)
   • irenaeus, saint irenaeus, st. irenaeus - Greek theologian who was bishop of Lyons and an antiheretical writer; a saint and Doctor of the Church (circa 130-200)
   • eusebius hieronymus, eusebius sophronius hieronymus, hieronymus, jerome, saint jerome, st. jerome - (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
   • john chrysostom, st. john chrysostom - (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407)
   same as: doctor of the church
3. Children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office (synset 100433296)
   "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"
   is a type of: child's play, play - activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
4. A person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution (synset 110041617)
   "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"
   is a type of: bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
   same as: dr.

1. Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive (synset 200489366)
   "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
   is a type of: adulterate, debase, dilute, load, stretch - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
   same as: doctor up, sophisticate
2. Give medical treatment to (synset 200080057)
   referred to in: medicine, practice of medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
   is a type of: care for, treat - provide treatment for
   subtypes: vet - provide veterinary care for
3. Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken (synset 200261534)
   "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
   is a type of: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate - to make better
   subtypes:

   • fiddle, tinker - try to fix or mend
   • fill - plug with a substance
   • patch, piece - repair by adding pieces
   • cobble - repair or mend
   • point, repoint - repair the joints of bricks
   • trouble-shoot, troubleshoot - solve problems
   • patch, patch up - mend by putting a patch on
   • resole, sole - put a new sole on
   • revamp, vamp - provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
   • heel, reheel - put a new heel on
   • darn - repair by sewing
   same as: bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on

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