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doctorable

doctorable adjective: of a symptom or medical problem, worth taking to a doctor.

Adjective

doctorable (comparative more doctorable, superlative most doctorable)

  1. Of a symptom or medical problem, worth taking to a doctor.
    • When parents offer a symptoms-only presentation, physicians treat them as embodying a stance that their child has a doctorable condition for which they are seeking medical evaluation.2007, Tanya Stivers, Prescribing under Pressure

Forms of doctorable

comparativemore doctorable
superlativemost doctorable

Origin of doctorable

From doctor + -able.

Questions about doctorable

What does doctorable mean?
Doctorable means of a symptom or medical problem, worth taking to a doctor.
What part of speech is doctorable?
Doctorable is an adjective.

Words near doctorable in the dictionary

  1. doctor's office
  2. doctor's orders
  3. doctor's stuff
  4. doctor's we
  5. doctor, heal thyself
  6. doctorable
  7. doctoral
  8. doctoral advisor
  9. doctoral theses
  10. doctoral thesis
  11. doctorall

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