Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Great Britain, a medical practitioner who has passed the examinations of the Royal College of Surgeons, and of the Apothecaries' Society of London. See also
general practitioner , under practitioner.
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He chafed with annoyance at being treated as a dogsbody by the older apprentices, loathed their loose conversation, and felt he was learning nothing.
'The Making of Mr. Gray's Anatomy: Books, Bodies, Fortune, Fame' 2009
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