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doc

[ dok ]
/ dɒk /
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noun Informal.

doctor.
a casual, impersonal term of address used to a man.

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RELATED WORDS

specialist, doctor, surgeon, practitioner, physician, expert, professor, scientist, quack, medic, intern, healer, MD, bones, sawbones, medico, corpsman

Nearby words

dobsonian telescope, dobu, dobuan, doby, dobzhansky, doc, doc martens, doc., docent, docetae, docetism

Origin of doc

First recorded in 1845–50; by shortening

Can be confused

doc dock

Definition for doc (2 of 4)

DOC

Department of Commerce.

Definition for doc (3 of 4)

doc.

plural docs.

document.

Definition for doc (4 of 4)

Edgerton

[ ej-er-tuh n ]
/ ˈɛdʒ ər tən /

noun

Harold EugeneDoc, 1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.
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British Dictionary definitions for doc (1 of 3)

doc

/ (dɒk) /

noun

informal short for doctor, esp a medical doctor: often used as a term of address

British Dictionary definitions for doc (2 of 3)

DOC

abbreviation for

Denominazione di Origine Controllata: used of wines
(in New Zealand) Department of Conservation

British Dictionary definitions for doc (3 of 3)

doc.

abbreviation for

document
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Medicine definitions for doc (1 of 2)

doc

[ dŏk ]

n.

A physician, dentist, or veterinarian.

Medicine definitions for doc (2 of 2)

DOC

[ dē′ō-sē′ ]

n.

Deoxycorticosterone; a steroid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex or produced synthetically and used to treat adrenal insufficiency.
Deoxycholic acid; a bile acid used as a choleretic and digestant and in the synthesis of adrenocortical hormones such as cortisone.
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