veterinary

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  1. adjective Of or relating to veterinary medicine; concerned or connected with the medical or surgical treatment of animals, especially domestic animals.
  2. noun A veterinarian.

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  • Though they had the unqualified support and help of every member of the medical, veterinary, and biological teams, they found that talking minor problems over among themselves brought better results. —  Dragons Dawn
  • It was after business hours, try again tomorrow, in an emergency please call the veterinary hospital or the police. —  F ;SF - vol 103 issue 06 - December 2002
  • Jenny had not been eating normally and had recently been showing signs of dehydration, despite zookeeper, veterinary, and nutritionist attempts to provide her with food and liquids. for more than 50 years and was one of only four gorillas over the age of 50 in North American zoos. —  NBC Dallas-Fort Worth - News Top Stories
  • In the beginning we had a hard time making our pug eat the Eukanuba formula, and our veterinary was disappointed in her weight gain. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Ph. D., a veterinary orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo.
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  1. Latin veterīnārius, from veterīnae, beasts of burden, from feminine pl. of veterīnus, of beasts of burden; see wet-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French vétérinaire = Spanish Portuguese Italian veterinario, from Latin veterinarius, of or belonging to beasts of burden, hence a cattle-doctor, from veterina (sc. bestia), veterinum (sc. animal or jumentum ?), beast of burden: see veteran.
 

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