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# Treatment by a doctor. |
# Treatment by a doctor; the practice of treating the sick; practising [[medicine]]. |
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#* {{RQ:Haggard She|passage="I knew enough of '''doctoring''' to see that in another hour he would be beyond the reach of earthly help - perhaps in another five minutes."}} |
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|passage=For example, some doctors have a reputation for being particularly adept at working on unconscious people. If the symptoms have lingered for a long time and '''doctorings''' have not been successful, the family may postpone further treatment {{...}}}} |
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====Derived terms==== |
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* [[double doctoring]] |
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* [[spin doctoring]] |
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Latest revision as of 11:42, 12 December 2023
Englisch
[edit]Verb
[edit]doctoring
- present participle and gerund of doctor
Nomen
[edit]doctoring (plural doctorings)
- Treatment by a doctor; the practice of treating the sick; practising medicine.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- "I knew enough of doctoring to see that in another hour he would be beyond the reach of earthly help - perhaps in another five minutes."
- 1950, Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology, number 15, page 39:
- For example, some doctors have a reputation for being particularly adept at working on unconscious people. If the symptoms have lingered for a long time and doctorings have not been successful, the family may postpone further treatment […]