doctor

n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to

see my doctor" [syn: {doc}, {physician}, {MD}, {Dr.}, {medico}]

2: a leading theologian in the history of the Roman Catholic

Church; "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced

Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages" [syn: {Doctor},

{Doctor of the Church}]

3: children take the roles of doctor or patient or nurse and

pretend they are at the doctor's office; "the children

explored each other's bodies by playing the game of

doctor"

4: a person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic

institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"

[syn: {Dr.}]

v 1: alter with the intention to deceive; Sophisticate rose water

with geraniol" [syn: {sophisticate}, {doctor up}, {adulterate}]

2: give medical treatment to

3: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is

torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my

shoes please" [syn: {repair}, {mend}, {fix}, {bushel}, {furbish

up}, {restore}, {touch on}] [ant: {break}]