Tra từ doctor - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 different kinds of doctors and their work
2 going to the doctor
see also DENTIST, HOSPITAL, ILLNESS, INJURY, MEDICINE, PAIN

1 different kinds of doctors and their work
- a trained person who helps people who are ill to get better: doctor (abbreviation Dr)
You should see a doctor. ◎ I've got an appointment with Dr Brown.
- a doctor who treats all types of illnesses and does not work in a hospital: GP (= general practitioner), family doctor
See your GP if you need a vaccination.
- a doctor with special knowledge of a particular area of medicine: specialist
a skin specialist ◎ a specialist in childhood diseases
- a doctor who performs medical operations: surgeon; this kind of work is called surgery (noun U)
- a doctor who works in a hospital: hospital doctor
- a senior specialist doctor in a hospital: consultant
- a person who has some medical training but is not a doctor: paramedic
Firefighters and paramedics worked to save the accident victims.
- to work as a doctor: practise
Although she qualified as a doctor, she has never practised.
- the business of a doctor: practice
Dr Smith has a busy city centre practice.
- the system in Britain that provides free or cheap medical care for everybody: National Health Service (abbreviation NHS)
- a doctor who is not working for the National Health Service is a private doctor

2 going to the doctor
- you go to the doctor if you are not feeling well, if you are ill
※ where the doctor works
- the place where a doctor sees patients: surgery, the doctor's
Can you tell me where Dr Shaw's surgery is? ◎ I'll stop off at the doctor's to collect your medicine.
- the surgery and offices where a group of doctors and nurses work together: health centre
- the room where patients wait to see a doctor: waiting room
I sat down in the waiting room.
※ arranging to see the doctor
- an arrangement to see a doctor at a particular time: appointment
I'd like to make another appointment to see Dr Smith. ◎ I've got an appointment with Dr Lee.
- if a doctor comes to your house to see you, he/she makes a home visit
- the person in the health centre or surgery who arranges when you can see a doctor: receptionist
The receptionist has given me an appointment for next Tuesday.
- when you talk to a doctor about your health, you see* a doctor, (formal) consult a doctor
Which doctor do you usually see? ◎ I was told I should consult a doctor.
- when the doctor meets and talks to patients, he/she sees* them
The doctor will see you now.
- a person who is receiving medical treatment: patient
※ when you are with the doctor
- to look at sb/sth in order to find out what is wrong: examine sb/sth, look at sb/sth
The doctor examined his injured leg. ◎ Open your mouth wide; I want to look at your throat.
- to find out what illness sb has: diagnose sth; an act of diagnosing sth: diagnosis (plural diagnoses)(noun C/U)
His illness was diagnosed as bronchitis. ◎ What was the doctor's diagnosis?
- a change in your body that is a sign of illness: symptom
My daughter had malaria but the doctor didn't recognise the symptoms. ◎ flu symptoms
- an examination of your body by a doctor to find out if you are healthy: check-up, medical
My father goes to see his doctor once a year for a check-up. ◎ She had to have a medical before she was given the job.
- the instrument that a doctor uses for measuring the temperature of your body: thermometer
- the instrument that a doctor uses for listening to your breathing and heart: stethoscope
- to see whether your heart is working properly, the doctor may take* your pulse (by feeling your wrist), or take* your blood pressure (with an instrument attached to your arm)
- a small amount of blood, urine, etc that a doctor takes from you to help find out what is wrong: sample, specimen
They took a blood sample. ◎ a urine specimen
- to give medical care to sb: treat sb (for sth); noun(U/C): treatment
The boy was treated for burns at the hospital. ◎ She received expert medical treatment.
- the pills, liquids, etc that you take in order to treat an illness: medicine (noun C/U)
I was told to take the medicine four times a day after meals.
- to say what medicine or treatment a patient should have: prescribe sth; the piece of paper on which a doctor writes down the medicine you have to take: prescription
The doctor prescribed antibiotics. ◎ I took the prescription to the chemist's.
※ more on medicine MEDICINE
- to make sb healthy again: cure sb (of sth)
Thanks to the treatment he was given, he was completely cured. ◎ They managed to cure him of his drug addiction.
- when you are healthy again, you are/feel* better
I'm feeling much better now.
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