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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
doctor
doc·tor [doctor doctors doctored doctoring] noun, verb BrE [ˈdɒktə(r)] NAmE [ˈdɑːktər]
noun (abbr.Dr)
1. a person who has been trained in medical science, whose job is to treat people who are ill/sick or injured
• You'd better see a doctor about that cough.
•Doctor Staples (= as a title/form of address)
2. doctor'sa place where a doctor sees patients
•an appointment at the doctor's
3. a person who has received the highest university degree
•a Doctor of Philosophy/Law
•Doctor Franks (= as a title/form of address)
4. (especially NAmE)used as a title or form of address for a dentist
Word Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’): via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’).
Thesaurus:
doctor noun
1. C
•I think you should go to the doctor about that cough.
surgeon • • paramedic • • nurse • |BrE GP • |AmE internist • |informal medic • |especially AmE, formal physician •
see a doctor/the surgeon/a nurse/your GP/your internist/a medic/a physician
call a doctor/the paramedics/your GP/a medic/a physician
a doctor/paramedic/surgeon/GP/physician treats sb
a doctor/surgeon/GP/physician examines sb
2. doctor's C, usually sing. (especially spoken)
•I have an appointment at the doctor's tomorrow.
BrE surgery • • health centre • |AmE doctor's office • • clinic •
at the doctor's/surgery/health centre/doctor's office/clinic
Example Bank:
•He left the hospital against doctor's orders.
•The doctor advised me to rest.
•The doctor will see you now.
•We called the doctor immediately.
•Who is your family doctor?
•You should register with a doctor as soon as possible.
•doctors who practise from home
•Why won't he go to the doctor?
•You'd better see a doctor about that cough.
•a hospital doctor
Idiom: ↑just what the doctor ordered
verb
1. ~ sth to change sth in order to trick sb
Syn: ↑falsify
• He was accused of doctoring the figures.
2. ~ sth to add sth harmful to food or drink
•The wine had been doctored.
3. ~ sth (informal)to remove part of the sex organs of an animal
Syn: ↑neuter
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’): via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’).
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