chemical element, element - any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter

abortionist - a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies

allergist - a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies

angiologist - a physician who specializes in angiology

extern, medical extern - a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there

gastroenterologist - a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

general practitioner, GP - a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses

hakeem, hakim - a Muslim physician

house physician, resident physician, resident - a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital"

houseman, intern, interne, medical intern - an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)

medical man, medical practitioner - someone who practices medicine

primary care physician - the physician who provides primary care; "the primary care physician acts as a gatekeeper to the medical system"

quack - an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice

medical specialist, specialist - practices one branch of medicine

operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon - a physician who specializes in surgery

vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon - a doctor who practices veterinary medicine

Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd, Averroes, ibn-Roshd - Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198)

Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina, Avicenna, ibn-Sina - Arabian philosopher and physician; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037)

Barany, Robert Barany - Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936)

Bartholin, Caspar Bartholin - Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629)

Bruce, David Bruce, Sir David Bruce - Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)

Burrill Bernard Crohn, Crohn - United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983)

John L. H. Down, Down - English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

Christiaan Eijkman, Eijkman - Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930)

Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot, Fallot - French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911)

William Gilbert, Gilbert - English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)

Harvey, William Harvey - English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)

Hodgkin, Thomas Hodgkin - English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)

Aletta Jacobs, Jacobs - Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)

Edward Jenner, Jenner - English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)

Harry F. Klinefelter, Harry Fitch Kleinfelter, Klinefelter - United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912)

Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier, Lozier - United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888)

Manson, Sir Patrick Manson - Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)

American state - one of the 50 states of the United States

Mid-Atlantic states - a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland

Aberdeen - a town in northeastern Maryland

Annapolis, capital of Maryland - state capital of Maryland; site of the United States Naval Academy

Baltimore - the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center

Fort George G. Meade, Fort George Gordon Meade, Fort Meade - an Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency

Frederick - a town in northern Maryland west of Baltimore

Hagerstown - a town of northern Maryland

Chesapeake Bay - a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River

Potomac, Potomac River - a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay

Susquehanna, Susquehanna River - a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay

doctor's degree, doctorate - one of the highest academic degrees conferred by a university