dr.

1. 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: doctor
2. 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, doctor, md, medico, physician

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