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| - doctor, physician: Doctor is a more general term than physician because it includes persons who hold such degrees as PhD, DDS, EdD, DVM, and PharmD. Thus, the term physician should be used when referring specifically to a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, ie, a person with an MD or a DO degree (also FRCP, MBBS, ScD, etc). (See also clinician, practitioner; provider; and 11.4, Jargon.)
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