| healer | | |
| n. (person) | 1. healer, therapist | a person skilled in a particular type of therapy. |
| ~ expert | a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully. |
| ~ naprapath | a therapist who practices naprapathy. |
| ~ alleviator | a therapist who makes suffering more endurable. |
| ~ chiropractor | a therapist who practices chiropractic. |
| ~ curandera | a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans. |
| ~ curandero | a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans. |
| ~ electrotherapist | someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity. |
| ~ herb doctor, herbalist | a therapist who heals by the use of herbs. |
| ~ naturopath | a therapist who practices naturopathy. |
| ~ osteopath, osteopathist | a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles. |
| ~ physical therapist, physiotherapist | therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder. |
| ~ clinical psychologist, psychotherapist | a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders. |
| ~ sangoma | a traditional Zulu healer and respected elder. |
| ~ speech therapist | a therapist who treats speech defects and disorders. |
| physician | | |
| n. (person) | 1. doc, doctor, dr., md, medico, physician | a licensed medical practitioner.; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" |
| ~ abortionist | a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies. |
| ~ allergist | a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies. |
| ~ angiologist | a physician who specializes in angiology. |
| ~ extern, medical extern | a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there. |
| ~ gastroenterologist | a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. |
| ~ general practitioner, gp | a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses. |
| ~ hakeem, hakim | a Muslim physician. |
| ~ house physician, resident physician, resident | a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital.; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital" |
| ~ houseman, intern, interne, medical intern | an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term). |
| ~ medical man, medical practitioner | someone who practices medicine. |
| ~ primary care physician | the physician who provides primary care.; "the primary care physician acts as a gatekeeper to the medical system" |
| ~ quack | an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice. |
| ~ medical specialist, specialist | practices one branch of medicine. |
| ~ operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon | a physician who specializes in surgery. |
| ~ vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon | a doctor who practices veterinary medicine. |
| ~ abul-walid mohammed ibn-ahmad ibn-mohammed ibn-roshd, averroes, ibn-roshd | Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198). |
| ~ abu ali al-husain ibn abdallah ibn sina, avicenna, ibn-sina | Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037). |
| ~ barany, robert barany | Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936). |
| ~ bartholin, caspar bartholin | Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629). |
| ~ bruce, david bruce, sir david bruce | Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931). |
| ~ burrill bernard crohn, crohn | United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983). |
| ~ john l. h. down, down | English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896). |
| ~ christiaan eijkman, eijkman | Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930). |
| ~ etienne-louis arthur fallot, fallot | French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911). |
| ~ william gilbert, gilbert | English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603). |
| ~ harvey, william harvey | English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657). |
| ~ hodgkin, thomas hodgkin | English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866). |
| ~ george huntington, huntington | United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea. |
| ~ aletta jacobs, jacobs | Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929). |
| ~ edward jenner, jenner | English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823). |
| ~ harry f. klinefelter, harry fitch kleinfelter, klinefelter | United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912). |
| ~ clemence sophia harned lozier, lozier | United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888). |
| ~ manson, sir patrick manson | Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922). |
| ~ franz anton mesmer, friedrich anton mesmer, mesmer | Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815). |
| ~ paracelsus, philippus aureolus paracelsus, theophrastus philippus aureolus bombastus von hohenheim | Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541). |
| ~ peter mark roget, roget | English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869). |
| ~ sir ronald ross, ross | British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932). |
| ~ benjamin rush, rush | physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813). |
| ~ albert schweitzer, schweitzer | French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965). |
| ~ anna howard shaw, shaw | United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919). |
| ~ sir james young simpson, simpson | Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870). |
| ~ english hippocrates, sydenham, thomas sydenham | English physician (1624-1689). |
| ~ e. a. von willebrand, erik adolf von willebrand, erik von willebrand, von willebrand, willebrand | Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949). |
| ~ doctor-patient relation | the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient. |
| cure | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic | a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. |
| ~ treatment, intervention | care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury). |
| ~ acoustic | a remedy for hearing loss or deafness. |
| ~ antidote, counterpoison | a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison. |
| ~ emetic, nauseant, vomitive, vomit | a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting. |
| ~ lenitive | remedy that eases pain and discomfort. |
| ~ lotion, application | liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin.; "a lotion for dry skin" |
| ~ magic bullet | a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease.; "there is no magic bullet against cancer" |
| ~ medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. |
| ~ ointment, salve, unguent, balm, unction | semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation. |
| ~ alleviant, palliative, alleviator | remedy that alleviates pain without curing. |
| ~ catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panacea | hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists. |
| ~ preventative, preventive, prophylactic | remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease.; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" |
| v. (body) | 2. bring around, cure, heal | provide a cure for, make healthy again.; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" |
| ~ practice of medicine, medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| ~ care for, treat | provide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" |
| ~ aid, help | improve the condition of.; "These pills will help the patient" |
| ~ recuperate | restore to good health or strength. |
| v. (change) | 3. cure | prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve.; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay" |
| ~ preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting.; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" |
| ~ cure | be or become preserved.; "the apricots cure in the sun" |
| ~ dun | cure by salting.; "dun codfish" |
| v. (change) | 4. cure | make (substances) hard and improve their usability.; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap" |
| ~ harden, indurate | become hard or harder.; "The wax hardened" |
| v. (change) | 5. cure | be or become preserved.; "the apricots cure in the sun" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ cure | prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve.; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay" |
| remedy | | |
| n. (act) | 1. redress, remediation, remedy | act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil. |
| ~ correction, rectification | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right. |
| ~ salve | anything that remedies or heals or soothes.; "he needed a salve for his conscience" |
| v. (change) | 2. amend, rectify, remediate, remedy, repair | set straight or right.; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" |
| ~ correct, right, rectify | make right or correct.; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" |
| v. (body) | 3. relieve, remedy | provide relief for.; "remedy his illness" |
| ~ practice of medicine, medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| ~ care for, treat | provide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" |
| treat | | |
| n. (food) | 1. dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat | something considered choice to eat. |
| ~ aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, nutrition, victuals | a source of materials to nourish the body. |
| ~ choice morsel, tidbit, titbit | a small tasty bit of food. |
| ~ savoury, savory | an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre. |
| ~ confection, sweet | a food rich in sugar. |
| ~ nectar, ambrosia | (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal. |
| ~ jelly, gelatin | an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods. |
| ~ bone marrow, marrow | very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones. |
| n. (event) | 2. treat | an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight. |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| v. (social) | 3. do by, handle, treat | interact in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" |
| ~ treat | regard or consider in a specific way.; "I treated his advances as a joke" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ deal, plow, handle, treat, cover, address | act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression.; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" |
| ~ disregard, ignore, snub, cut | refuse to acknowledge.; "She cut him dead at the meeting" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
| ~ wrong | treat unjustly; do wrong to. |
| ~ handle with kid gloves | handle with great care and sensitivity.; "You have to handle the students with kid gloves" |
| ~ criminalize | treat as a criminal. |
| ~ nurse | treat carefully.; "He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly" |
| ~ strong-arm | handle roughly.; "He was strong-armed by the policemen" |
| ~ ride roughshod, run roughshod | treat inconsiderately or harshly. |
| ~ upstage | treat snobbishly, put in one's place. |
| ~ rough-house | treat in a rough or boisterous manner. |
| ~ brutalise, brutalize | treat brutally. |
| ~ do well by | treat with respect and consideration.; "children should do well by their parents" |
| ~ gloss over, skate over, skimp over, slur over, smooth over | treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly. |
| ~ abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step | treat badly.; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" |
| ~ baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, mollycoddle, pamper, indulge, spoil | treat with excessive indulgence.; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" |
| v. (change) | 4. process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill" |
| ~ propagate | cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering. |
| ~ affect, bear upon, bear on, impact, touch on, touch | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| ~ iodise, iodize | treat with iodine.; "iodize salt" |
| ~ nitrate | treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate.; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol" |
| ~ tank | treat in a tank.; "tank animal refuse" |
| ~ oxygenate, aerate, oxygenise, oxygenize | impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen.; "oxygenate blood" |
| ~ mercerise, mercerize | treat to strengthen and improve the luster.; "mercerize cotton" |
| ~ malt | treat with malt or malt extract.; "malt beer" |
| ~ fluoridate, fluoridise, fluoridize | subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride.; "fluoridized water"; "fluoridize the teeth of children" |
| ~ creosote | treat with creosote.; "creosoted wood" |
| ~ chlorinate | treat or combine with chlorine.; "chlorinated water" |
| ~ carbonate | treat with carbon dioxide.; "Carbonated soft drinks" |
| ~ camphorate | treat with camphor. |
| ~ bromate, brominate | treat with bromine. |
| ~ ammoniate | treat with ammonia. |
| ~ irradiate, ray | expose to radiation.; "irradiate food" |
| ~ scald | treat with boiling water.; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled" |
| ~ refine | treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition.; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil" |
| ~ nitrogenise, nitrogenize, nitrify | treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound. |
| ~ reverberate | treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace.; "reverberate ore" |
| ~ curry | treat by incorporating fat.; "curry tanned leather" |
| ~ seed | sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain.; "seed clouds" |
| ~ dose | treat with an agent; add (an agent) to.; "The ray dosed the paint" |
| ~ sulfur, sulphur | treat with sulphur in order to preserve.; "These dried fruits are sulphured" |
| ~ vulcanise, vulcanize | subject to vulcanization.; "vulcanized rubber" |
| ~ chrome | treat with a chromium compound. |
| ~ bituminise, bituminize | treat with bitumen. |
| ~ agenise, agenize | age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride). |
| ~ run | cause to perform.; "run a subject"; "run a process" |
| ~ carboxylate | treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid. |
| ~ beneficiate | process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction. |
| ~ digest | convert food into absorbable substances.; "I cannot digest milk products" |
| ~ fumigate, fume | treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests. |
| ~ air-condition | control the humidity and temperature of.; "The room was cool because it had been air-conditioned" |
| v. (body) | 5. care for, treat | provide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" |
| ~ hyperventilate | produce hyperventilation in.; "The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient" |
| ~ massage | give a massage to.; "She massaged his sore back" |
| ~ purge | excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body).; "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged" |
| ~ correct | treat a defect.; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia" |
| ~ insufflate | treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity. |
| ~ detox, detoxify | treat for alcohol or drug dependence.; "He was detoxified in the clinic" |
| ~ irrigate | supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting.; "irrigate the wound" |
| ~ iodise, iodize | treat with iodine so as to prevent infection.; "iodize a wound" |
| ~ doctor | give medical treatment to. |
| ~ vet | provide (a person) with medical care. |
| ~ nurse | try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury.; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs" |
| ~ manipulate | treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed. |
| ~ dispense, administer | give or apply (medications). |
| ~ remedy, relieve | provide relief for.; "remedy his illness" |
| ~ dress | apply a bandage or medication to.; "dress the victim's wounds" |
| ~ splint | support with a splint.; "splint a broken finger" |
| ~ operate on, operate | perform surgery on.; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life" |
| ~ medicine, medicate | treat medicinally, treat with medicine. |
| ~ leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize, bleed | draw blood.; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" |
| ~ cup, transfuse | treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin. |
| ~ shock | subject to electrical shocks. |
| ~ pack | treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood.; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice" |
| ~ cauterise, cauterize, burn | burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent.; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" |
| ~ psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze, analyse, analyze | subject to psychoanalytic treatment.; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" |
| v. (communication) | 6. address, cover, deal, handle, plow, treat | act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression.; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" |
| ~ broach, initiate | bring up a topic for discussion. |
| ~ theologise, theologize | treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character. |
| ~ discourse, discuss, talk about | to consider or examine in speech or writing.; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" |
| ~ do by, treat, handle | interact in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" |
| ~ embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover | include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory.; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" |
| v. (possession) | 7. treat | provide with a gift or entertainment.; "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed" |
| ~ regale, treat | provide with choice or abundant food or drink.; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| v. (consumption) | 8. regale, treat | provide with choice or abundant food or drink.; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night" |
| ~ wine | treat to wine.; "Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for a week" |
| ~ alcoholize | subject to the influence of alcohol.; "After we finished dinner, we were thoroughly alcoholized" |
| ~ feast, feed | gratify.; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view" |
| ~ cater, ply, provide, supply | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance.; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" |
| ~ treat | provide with a gift or entertainment.; "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed" |
| v. (communication) | 9. treat | engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement.; "they had to treat with the King" |
| ~ negociate | confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.; "The parties negociated all night" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. treat | regard or consider in a specific way.; "I treated his advances as a joke" |
| ~ react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something. |
| ~ do by, treat, handle | interact in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" |
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