SYDENHAM

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• SYDENHAM (noun)
  The noun SYDENHAM has 1 sense:

1. English physician (1624-1689)

  Familiarity information: SYDENHAM used as a noun is very rare.

• SYDENHAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English physician (1624-1689)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

English Hippocrates; Sydenham; Thomas Sydenham

Instance hypernyms:

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

 Context examples 

He lived at Sydenham, but he was likely to be in that morning for instructions, if we cared to wait for him.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They did a job at Sydenham a fortnight ago and were seen and described.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I dropped the silver into the pond, and made off for Sydenham, feeling that for once in my life I had done a real good night’s work.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That is the mission which now lies before us, and here, Watson, is the Sydenham train.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

These burglars made a considerable haul at Sydenham a fortnight ago.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Oldacre is a bachelor, fifty-two years of age, and lives in Deep Dene House, at the Sydenham end of the road of that name.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, I never thought to see her again, but last voyage I was promoted, and the new boat was not yet launched, so I had to wait for a couple of months with my people at Sydenham.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)