• Doctordom

    Origin

    doctor + -dom

    Full definition of doctordom

    Noun

    doctordom

    (uncountable)
    1. The realm or sphere of doctors; doctors, collectively.
      • 2000, Marc Jaffe, Sleeping With Your Gynecologist: Tales from My Marriage to an Ob\gyn, page 35:Given all her responsibilities of motherhood and doctordom, Karen relishes her free time.
      • 2002, Jared Lee Hanson, Control Freak: Harness the Power, page 199:As I continued down the educational path to doctordom, I became frustrated with all the red tape I encountered.
      • 2007, Elinor Lipman, The Pursuit of Alice Thrift, page 98:This is what separates surgeons from the rest of doctordom.
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