veterinary
a veterinarian.
of or relating to the medical and surgical treatment of animals, especially domesticated animals.
Origin of veterinary
1Other words from veterinary
- non·vet·er·i·nar·y, adjective, noun, plural non·vet·er·i·nar·ies.
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How to use veterinary in a sentence
She wore heavy personal protective equipment to work at a veterinary clinic, despite the worries of some of her colleagues that she would scare off clients.
New COVID studies bring some holiday cheer for pregnant women | jakemeth | December 23, 2020 | FortuneWith a positive result, we’d have to make tough choices based on the practicality of isolating an infected animal, the perceived danger of keeping an infected pet at home and any need for veterinary care.
Leonelli, for her part, now makes her money working for a friend’s veterinary pharmacy because it’s a cash-based business.
Of 30,000 dead camels that Wernery, a veterinary microbiologist at the Central veterinary Research Laboratory in Dubai, and his team have examined since 2008, 300 had guts packed with plastic ranging from three to 64 kilograms.
Plastic waste forms huge, deadly masses in camel guts | Asher Jones | December 15, 2020 | Science NewsThe FDA considers alterations to an animal’s genome to be just like a veterinary drug.
What’s on the GMO menu: fast-growing salmon and slow-swimming tuna | Katie McLean | December 11, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
You should, according to Dr. Jeff Werber, Founder and Veterinarian at the Century veterinary Group in Los Angeles.
And the medical journal in which he describes the case is the Journal of American veterinary Medicine Association.
Animals were often left in the back "sick room" with little if any veterinary care.
13 Revelations From Reddit’s ‘Dirty Little Secret’ Thread Exposing Alleged Industry Secrets | Nina Strochlic | August 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMy next book project goes back to my lifelong interests in animals, veterinary medicine, science, and ethics.
They stormed into law, medical, and veterinary schools, and female undergraduate enrollment surged.
Doctor Baker was away, and in despair they had routed Mr. Dean out of bed—the pale young man who was studying to be a veterinary.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonOne of the Ipswich characters of my boyhood, of whom Mr. Glyde has preserved an anecdote, was old Tuxford, the veterinary surgeon.
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieThe veterinary was here when Rags died, which was within fifteen minutes of the first spasm.
Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins AdamsThe first veterinary school in France had been founded at Lyons in 1762.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) | John MorleyWas it invented by some fanciful traveller-horseman hindered on his way to Rome or Athens, by a saddler or a veterinary surgeon?
Ocean to Ocean on Horseback | Willard Glazier
British Dictionary definitions for veterinary
/ (ˈvɛtərɪnərɪ, ˈvɛtrɪnrɪ) /
of or relating to veterinary medicine
Origin of veterinary
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