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/dokˈtoɾ/
Translation
doctor
Word origin
From Latin doctor ('teacher'), an agent noun from docere ('to teach'). It originally denoted a learned person and later a physician.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- doctor
- English cognates
- doctor, doctrine
Grammar
Examples
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The doctor told me to rest for a week.
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I have an appointment with the doctor tomorrow at ten.
recetó .
The doctor prescribed a medicine for the earache.
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I have wanted to be a doctor since I was eight.
doctora atiende .
The doctor only sees patients on Monday afternoons.
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