doctor Dr ; doc [coll.] / doctors; docs / to take ones doctors degree; to take ones doctorate / Doctor of Laws LLD LLD ; Doctor of Jurisprudence JD [Am.]; legum doctor / Doctor of Medicine; medicinae doctor MD / Doctor of Philosophy DPhil; PhD; Ph.D; DPh / Doctor of Science DSc ScD ; PhD in the sciences / Doctor of Divinity DD / Doctor of Dental Surgery DDS / juris utriusque doctor JUD (civil and canon law) / Doctor of Letters DLit DLitt LitD Litt.D / Doctor of Civil Law DCL ; juris civilis doctor JCD [Br.] [Am.] [Can.] Bedeutung