multidoctor

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adjective

Comprising or employing multiple doctors.

OriginEnglish doctor ← Middle English doctour ← Anglo-Norman doctour →
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Meanings

adjectivemultidoctor (not comparable)
  1. not comparableComprising or employing multiple doctors.

    So it's equitable for a multidoctor corporation to carry a disabled MD...

    1986, Lawrence Farber, Estate Planning Strategies for Physicians
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    However, there is an increased demand for true multiuser systems among multidoctor, multioffice practices because they can perform multiple tasks...

    1992, David Edward Marcinko, Medical and Surgical Therapeutics of the Foot and Ankle

    ...where veterinary practices are no longer one- or two-doctor clinics open five days a week, but multidoctor hospitals operating 24 hours a day.

    2008, Corbett Marshall, Jim Deskevich, Aimee Herring, Thomas Mason, Eco Dog: Healthy Living for Your Pet

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Latindoctor
  7. Old Frenchdoctur
  8. Anglo-Normandoctour
  9. Middle Englishdoctour
  10. Englishdoctor
  11. Englishmultidoctor

From multi- + doctor.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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