doctorable

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adjective

Of a symptom or medical problem, worth taking to a doctor.

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Meanings

adjectivedoctorable (comparative more doctorable, superlative most doctorable)

comparative more doctorable · superlative most doctorable

  1. Of a symptom or medical problem, worth taking to a doctor.

    When parents offer a symptoms-only presentation, physicians treat them as embodying a stance that their child has a doctorable condition for which they are seeking medical evaluation.

    2007, Tanya Stivers, Prescribing under Pressure

Origin

From doctor + -able.

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Cite this entry
APA

doctorable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doctorable

MLA

“doctorable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doctorable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doctorable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doctorable.

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