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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Medical treatment: doctors & health workers generally
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aid worker
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candy striper
care navigator
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medico
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NP
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surgeon
urologist
white coat

doc | American Dictionary

doc
noun[ C ]
 infmlus/dɑk/
a doctor

Examples of doc

doc
The trouble is, the average doc isn't likely to be of much help.
From Slate Magazine
Doc is also great, because she can never get old.
From Wired
No surprise, many western docs are not sold in the treatment.
From TIME
So how is he supposed to find out doc, if he can't ask you and apparently the information from his other sources is not forthcoming?
From CNN
Doc, though there's surely more to the story than what the filmmakers show us.
From A.V. Club
That said, be sure your doc knows you're taking it.
From Plain Dealer
Plenty of docs order electrocardiograms for people over 40 as part of a routine checkup, no matter how healthy they are.
From Plain Dealer
These pill mill docs lined their pockets with cash while supplying a steady source of brain altering drugs.
From Huffington Post
In docs, you typically have six, maybe seven characters.
From Huffington Post
That goes off that goes on behind the scenes with doc everyone.
From ABC News
Going to a doc for an antibiotic can easily run $200.
From TIME
Still, many anti-aging docs attempt to create their own bioidentical hormone cocktails tailored to their patients' special needs.
From CNN
Docs has picked up 23 ratings thus far, securing a four-star rating.
From TechCrunch
My son's doc has mentioned biofeedback for him.
From CNN
The showbiz entrepreneur who built "two empires that turned to sand" draws much grudging respect in this career-spanning doc.
From Hollywood Reporter
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