medical practitioner

1. Someone who practices medicine (synset 110325469)
   is a type of: caregiver, health care provider, health professional, pcp, primary care provider - a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
   subtypes:

   • dental practitioner, dentist, tooth doctor - a person qualified to practice dentistry
   • doc, doctor, dr., md, medico, physician - a licensed medical practitioner
   • inoculator, vaccinator - a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases
   • medic, medical officer - a medical practitioner in the armed forces
   specific instances: hippocrates - medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)
   same as: medical man

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