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doctor

[dok-ter] / ˈdɒk tər /
NOUN
medical practitioner
Synonyms
STRONGEST
expert physician professor scientist specialist surgeon
STRONG
MD bones doc healer intern medic medico quack
WEAK
general practitioner medical person
Antonyms
WEAK
patient
VERB
fix up, treat
Synonyms
STRONGEST
medicate reconstruct revamp
STRONG
administer attend fix mend overhaul rebuild recondition repair supply
WEAK
apply medication do up give treatment patch up
Antonyms
STRONG
hurt ignore neglect
WEAK
harm injure
VERB
adulterate, tamper with
Synonyms
STRONGEST
add to alter falsify fudge misrepresent tamper with
STRONG
change cut deacon debase dilute disguise gloss load sophisticate spike weight
WEAK
dope up mix with water down
Antonyms
STRONG
reveal
WEAK
clean harm hurt injure purify

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Kearns, speaking to ITV News, said she felt unwell at Villa's Bodymoor Heath training ground on 18 March and sought advice from Jodie Blackadder-Weinstein, the club's sports doctor.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

If you have aortic stenosis and a doctor deems your condition severe, you likely will need to have your valve replaced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Several years ago, while speaking at a medical conference, she watched a doctor appear as a full-body hologram broadcast live across the United States.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

The emergency room doctor, Juan Carlos Pinto, who arrived by ambulance at his home, on Thursday testified about the condition in which he found the star after his death.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

“Your success will bring me greater joy. Going by your last report, we have a budding doctor in the family! Or lawyer! Isn’t it, Aku?”

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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