| inglese > italiano | |
| doctor | |
| 1. sost. maestro, precettore, insegnante, istruttore | |
| 2. sost. (medicina) medico | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| doctor | |
| 1. subst. A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-n |  |
| If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor. |  |
| 2. subst. A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university. |  |
| 3. subst. A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals. |  |
| 4. subst. A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions. |  |
| 5. subst. (obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man. |  |
| 6. subst. (dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency. |  |
| the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter |  |
| the doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine". |  |
| 7. subst. A fish, the friar skate. |  |
| 8. v. To act as a medical doctor to. |  |
| Her children doctored her back to health. |  |
| 9. v. (intransitive, humorous) To act as a medical doctor. |  |
| 10. v. To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon. |  |
| 11. v. To 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. |  |
| We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido. |  |
| 12. v. To genetically alter an extant species. |  |
| Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored. |  |
| 13. v. To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document. |  |
| To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery. |  |
| 14. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take medicine. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| dottore | |
| 1. n-m. (medicine) doctor |  |
| 2. n-m. (colloquial, university, related to second level degree or to doctorate) doctor, graduate with a second level degree or a doctorate, Mr |  |
| il dottor Bianchi è il nostro avvocato - Mr Bianchi is our lawyer |  |