noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Treatment by a doctor; the practice of treating the sick; practising medicine.

   ""I knew enough of doctoring to see that in another hour he would be beyond the reach of earthly help - perhaps in another five minutes.""

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of doctor form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

corruptioncuttinglacingpollutionwatering

Example

More examples

"Data curation is the art of pampering data in a way that doesn't look like doctoring."

Related phrases

double doctoringspin doctoring

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