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| Main Entry: | physician |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person trained in medical science |
| Synonyms: | doctor, general practitioner, healer, intern, medic, quack*, specialist, MD, bones, doc, medical practitioner, sawbones, surgeon |
| Notes: | the word doctor is derived from Latin doctus 'having been taught; learned' (from docere 'to teach'); physician comes from Latin physica 'natural science; physics' |
| Antonyms: | patient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doctor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | medical practitioner |
| Synonyms: | expert, general practitioner, healer, intern, medic, physician, professor*, quack*, scientist, specialist, MD, bones, doc, medical person, medico, surgeon |
| Antonyms: | patient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | healer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faith healer |
| Synonyms: | doctor, medicine man, physician, shaman, therapist, curer, mender |
| Main Entry: | therapist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | counselor |
| Synonyms: | adviser, analyst, doctor, physician, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, shrink*, clinician, psychologist, psychotherapist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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