doctor shop
or doc·tor-shop
[ dok-ter shop ]
verb (used with or without object)
to obtain prescriptions for a controlled substance from more than one healthcare practitioner at a time: Some patients doctor shop in an attempt to score multiple prescriptions for painkillers.One theory about the celebrity’s fatal overdose is that the medication may have been doctor-shopped.
to visit one physician after another in search of a satisfactory one or a particular outcome: The patient appears to have schizophrenia, and to have doctor shopped for a diagnosis of autism.
Origin of doctor shop
1First recorded in 1970–75; back formation from doctor shopping
Other words from doctor shop
- doc·tor shop·per, doc·tor-shop·per, noun
Words Nearby doctor shop
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How to use doctor shop in a sentence
Reglar Doctor-Shop, 'Arrygate is; see their photos all over the town.
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