relation | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together |
social relation | a relation between living organisms (especially between people) |
relation | (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups, international relations |
doctor | children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office, the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor |
b sexual intercourse intercourse sex act copulation coitus coition sexual congress congress sexual relation relation carnal knowledge | the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman, the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur |
dragonfly darning needle devil's darning needle sewing needle snake feeder snake doctor mosquito hawk skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
fish doctor Gymnelis viridis | brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout |
doctorfish doctor-fish Acanthurus chirurgus | surgeon fish of the West Indies |
position spatial relation | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated, the position of the hands on the clock, he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage |
physician-patient privilege | the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient |
relation back relation | (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time, his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed |
affected role patient role patient | the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause |
medical bill doctor's bill | statement of charges for medical services |
doctor's degree doctorate | one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university |
Doctor of Dental Medicine DMD | a doctor's degree in dental medicine |
Doctor of Dental Surgery DDS | a doctor's degree in dental surgery |
Doctor of Divinity DD | a doctor's degree in religion |
Doctor of Education EdD DEd | a doctor's degree in education |
Doctor of Medicine MD | a doctor's degree in medicine |
Doctor of Music DMus MusD | a doctor's degree in music |
Doctor of Musical Arts AMusD | a doctor's degree in musical arts |
Doctor of Optometry OD | a doctor's degree in optometry |
Doctor of Osteopathy DO | doctor's degree in osteopathy |
Doctor of Arts D.A. | a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus |
Doctor of Philosophy | a doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledge |
Doctor of Public Health DPH | a doctor's degree in preventive medicine |
Doctor of Theology ThD | a doctor's degree in theology |
Doctor of Sacred Theology STD | a doctor's degree in theology, STD is from the Latin Sanctae Theologiae Doctor |
Doctor of Arts ArtsD | an honorary arts degree |
Doctor of Fine Arts | an honorary degree in fine arts |
Doctor of Humane Letters | an honorary degree in letters |
Doctor of Humanities | an honorary degree in the humanities |
Doctor of Laws LLD | an honorary law degree |
Doctor of Science DS ScD | an honorary degree in science |
relation telling recounting | an act of narration, he was the hero according to his own relation, his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable |
baby doctor pediatrician pediatrist paediatrician | a specialist in the care of babies |
chiropodist foot doctor podiatrist | a specialist in care for the feet |
country doctor | a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital, do country doctors still make house calls? |
dentist tooth doctor dental practitioner | a person qualified to practice dentistry |
dermatologist skin doctor | a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin |
doctor doc physician MD Dr. medico | a licensed medical practitioner, I felt so bad I went to see my doctor |
doctor Dr. | a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution, she is a doctor of philosophy in physics |
Doctor of the Church Doctor | (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching, the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages |
ear doctor ear specialist otologist | a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases |
ENT man ear-nose-and-throat doctor otolaryngologist otorhinolaryngologist rhinolaryngologist | a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat |
family doctor | a general practitioner who treats all the family members |
gynecologist gynaecologist woman's doctor | a specialist in gynecology |
herbalist herb doctor | a therapist who heals by the use of herbs |
horse doctor | a veterinarian who treats horses |
relative relation | a person related by blood or marriage, police are searching for relatives of the deceased, he has distant relations back in New Jersey |