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doctordom

doctordom noun: the realm or sphere of doctors; doctors, collectively.

Noun

doctordom (uncountable)

  1. The realm or sphere of doctors; doctors, collectively.
    • Given all her responsibilities of motherhood and doctordom, Karen relishes her free time.2000, Marc Jaffe, Sleeping With Your Gynecologist: Tales from My Marriage to an Ob\gyn, page 35
    • As I continued down the educational path to doctordom, I became frustrated with all the red tape I encountered.2002, Jared Lee Hanson, Control Freak: Harness the Power, page 199

Origin of doctordom

From doctor + -dom.

Questions about doctordom

What does doctordom mean?
Doctordom means the realm or sphere of doctors; doctors, collectively.
What part of speech is doctordom?
Doctordom is a noun.

Words near doctordom in the dictionary

  1. doctorbird
  2. doctorbirds
  3. doctorbush
  4. doctorbushes
  5. doctorcraft
  6. doctordom
  7. doctored
  8. doctored up
  9. doctorer
  10. doctorers
  11. doctorese

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