doctoring

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English

Verb

doctoring

  1. present participle and gerund of doctor

Noun

doctoring (plural doctorings)

  1. Treatment by a doctor; the practice of treating the sick; practising medicine.
    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H 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 […]
    • 1996 September, Michael Immel, “The Changing Story of a Virus”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
      Now a critical mass of scientific information exists that creates clear paths to further improvements in the management of HIV disease. This information, combined with good doctoring, effective drugs, and organized communities, is the foundation of the current optimism.

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