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Doctoring

verb
Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo act as a medical doctor to.
"Her children doctored her back to health."
2.verbTo act as a medical doctor.
3.verbTo make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
4.verbTo physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
"They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick."
5.verbTo genetically alter an extant species.
"Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored."
6.verbTo alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
7.verbTo take medicine.
8.nounTreatment by a doctor.

Synonyms

medicodocphysicianfixtouch onadulteratesophisticatedoctor upbushelmendrepairrestore

Rhymes With

proctoringdoctor hung
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