1. A licensed medical practitioner
   "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor";
   - doc [informal], physician, MD, Dr., medico [informal], sawbones [informal]
    
2. A person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
   "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics";
   - Dr.
    
3. A game in which children take the roles of physician, nurse or patient and pretend they are at the doctor's
   "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"

1. (medicine) give medical treatment to
   "The physician doctored the patient's wounds"
    
2. Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
   "doctor up rose water with geraniol";
   - doctor up [informal]
    
3. [informal] Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
   "The carpenter doctored the damaged cabinet";
   - repair, mend, fix, bushel [US]

1. (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching
   "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages";
   - Doctor of the Church

Derived forms: doctoring, doctors, Doctors, doctored

Type of: adulterate, ameliorate, amend, better, care for, child's play [informal], debase, dilute, improve, load, medic, medical practitioner, meliorate, mend, play, scholar, scholarly person, stretch, theologian, theologiser [Brit], theologist, theologizer, treat

Part of: doctor-patient relation

Encyclopedia: Doctor, My Eyes