VETERINARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does veterinarian mean? 

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

1. a doctor who practices veterinary medicine

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VETERINARIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A doctor who practices veterinary medicine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

vet; veterinarian; veterinary; veterinary surgeon

Hypernyms ("veterinarian" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "veterinarian"):

horse doctor (a veterinarian who treats horses)

 Context examples 

Our hope is that doctors and veterinarians will be able to quickly and confidently identify amatoxin poisoning rather than having to clinically eliminate other suspected gastrointestinal diseases first, she added.

(New Test Identifies Poisonous Mushrooms, Agricultural Research Service)

Take your pet to the veterinarian if you notice: • Loss of appetite • Drinking a lot of water • Gaining or losing a lot of weight quickly • Strange behavior • Being sluggish and tired • Trouble getting up or down • Strange lumps

(Pet Health, NIH)