doctoring

/D AA1 K T ER0 IH0 NG/

verb

1
To act as a medical doctor to.
“Her children doctored her back to health.”
2
To act as a medical doctor.
3
To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
4
To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
“They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.”
5
To genetically alter an extant species.
“Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.”
6
To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
7
To take medicine.

noun

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