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)

Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy

theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer - someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology (especially Christian theology)

Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose - (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)

Aquinas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas, Saint Thomas - (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274)

Athanasius, Athanasius the Great, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius - (Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a Church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373)

Augustine, Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine - (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became Bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)

Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil, St. Basil the Great, Basil - (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)

Baeda, Beda, Bede, Saint Baeda, Saint Beda, Saint Bede, St. Baeda, St. Beda, St. Bede, the Venerable Bede - (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)

Gregory I, Gregory the Great, Saint Gregory I, St. Gregory I, Gregory - (Roman Catholic Church) a pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604)

Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen - (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391)

Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Hieronymus, Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome - (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)

John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom - (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407)

child's play, play - play by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child"

scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

adulterate, dilute, debase, stretch - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"

care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"

vet - provide veterinary care for

ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

tinker, fiddle - try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"

fill - plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"

patch, piece - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"

cobble - repair or mend; "cobble shoes"

repoint, point - repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney"

trouble-shoot - solve problems; "He is known to be good at trouble-shooting"

patch up, patch - mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole"

resole, sole - put a new sole on; "sole the shoes"

revamp, vamp - provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots"

reheel, heel - put a new heel on; "heel shoes"

darn - repair by sewing; "darn socks"