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)

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States

Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather

Technology Administration - an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth

Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office - the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones