| NOUN | person | medical practitioner, medical man | someone who practices medicine |
|---|
| Meaning | someone who practices medicine. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | medical man | |
| Instances | Hippocrates | medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine |
| Narrower | dentist, tooth doctor, dental practitioner | A person qualified to practice dentistry |
| doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico | A licensed medical practitioner | |
| inoculator, vaccinator | A medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases | |
| medical officer, medic | A medical practitioner in the armed forces | |
| Broader | health professional, primary care provider, PCP, health care provider, caregiver | A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability |
| Spanish | profesional de la medicina | |
| Catalan | professional de la medicina | |
©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact
English |
Spanish |
Catalan
Privacy |
Robots