Doctor Doctor's Told Noun ˈdɒktə(R ˈdɑːktər Cough Ask/Consult/Visit

• you'd better see a doctor about that cough.
• to ask/consult/visit your doctor
• the doctor prescribed antibiotics.
• the doctor told me to stay in bed.

doctor

1. a person who has been trained in medical science, whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured
• SEE ALSO flying doctor
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• You'd better see a doctor about that cough.
• to ask/consult/visit your doctor
• The doctor prescribed antibiotics.
• The doctor told me to stay in bed.
• What does your doctor advise?
• Dr Staples (= as a title/form of address)
• He's training to be a doctor.

Extra Examples

• Anyone with a heart condition should consult a doctor before taking non-prescription medication.
• If you're worried about your blood pressure, ask your doctor.
• My mother never visited the doctor.
• Do doctors prescribe too many antibiotics?
• My doctor recommended that I incorporate soy into my diet.
• Doctors diagnosed kidney failure.
• Doctors recommended sea air.
• 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?
• a hospital doctor
• She grew up in a family of medical doctors but became a physicist.
• He went to an eye doctor who told him it must be a migraine.
• The doctors and nurses restarted his heart.
• the relationship between doctors and patients
• Thank you, doctor.
2. a place where a doctor sees patients
• an appointment at the doctor’s
• Why don't you go to the doctor's?

Extra Examples

• The doctor's doesn't open until 9.
• Did you have to wait long at the doctor's?
• There's a doctor's on the High Street.
• She seemed worse, so I rang the doctor's.
• Call the doctor's for an appointment.
• She works at the doctor's in the village.
• Where's the nearest doctor's?
3. a person who has received the highest university degree
• a Doctor of Philosophy/Law
• Dr Franks (= as a title/form of address)
4. used as a title or form of address for a dentist or vet
5. exactly what somebody wants or needs

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’): via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’).