Misdoctor
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To doctor improperly; to give the wrong medical treatment.
"A decrepit pet woodchuck of mine that had been misdoctored by an officious visitor, lay snugged up in a warm basket near the fireplace, but under cover of darkness got up, squeezed out of a back door and disappeared."
Example
More examples"A decrepit pet woodchuck of mine that had been misdoctored by an officious visitor, lay snugged up in a warm basket near the fireplace, but under cover of darkness got up, squeezed out of a back door and disappeared."
Etymology
From mis- + doctor.
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