doc

noun

ˈdäk How to pronounce doc (audio)
Definition of docnext
as in doctor
a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders currently completing a residency as an emergency room doc

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Recent Examples of doc What happened with trying to convince Terry Dubrow and Nely Galán to be in the doc? — Marlow Stern, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026 On other screens, new docs about Edward Said and Jorge Luis Borges reconstruct lives of the greats. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2026 As true-crime docs and procedurals frequently remind us, female serial killers are far, far harder to find than their male counterparts, so this series is already starting from a road less traveled. — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026 Critical systems live in one person’s head instead of being documented, and it never gets prioritized because docs don’t hit deadlines. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for doc
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  1. doctor
  2. physician
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  • Make sure to ask your doctor what type of chemotherapy you’re being put on and if nail lifting is a possible side effect.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The provision could also have put doctors in a tough spot, since they may have been called upon to help determine whether someone is able to work, which would affect their patients’ coverage.
    — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of doctor
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  • One particularly promising example is an MRI technique that identifies the central vein sign, a feature that can help physicians distinguish lesions associated with MS from abnormalities caused by other conditions.
    — Bruce Bebo, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The rate of emigration by physicians has nearly doubled since the twenty-tens.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of physician

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“Doc.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doc. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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