doctor

IPA: dˈɑktɝ

A 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 D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK.
A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.
A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
(obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
(dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
A fish, the friar skate.
(obsolete, nautical, slang) A ship's cook.
The title of an academic or medical doctor (a person who holds a doctorate); used before or instead of the doctor's name.

(transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.
(intransitive, humorous) To act as a medical doctor.
(transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
(transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
(transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.
(transitive) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
(transitive) To adulterate, drug, or poison (drink).
(intransitive, obsolete) To take medicine.

Examples of "doctor" in Sentences

The doctor cured the patient.
She is resuscitated by a doctor.
The doctor anesthetized the patient.
He is a genetic doctor in a hospital.
The doctor told him that there is no treatment for weal.
By pressing to the hospital, the doctors posted to the hospital died.
The treatment regimen was administered under the direction of doctors.
The use of the word doctoral is wrong in respect to a doctorate degree
The Kingston doctor who operates his general practice begins to gesticulate.
American doctors typically hospitalize people whose diabetes, asthma, or heart conditions.