veterinary

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1. Of or relating to the medical or surgical treatment of non-human animals, especially domestic and farm animals.

   Max used all his veterinary knowledge to save the goose stuck in the fence.

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   The talented artist quickly became fluent in English, found work at a pizzeria and dreamed of becoming a veterinary assistant.

   2025 September 10, Holly Yan, Jeff Winter, “Suspect in Charlotte train stabbing that killed a Ukrainian refugee is charged with a federal crime. Here’s what we know”, in CNN

plural veterinaries

1. A veterinary surgeon; a veterinarian.

   Mr. Ward may rightly be considered the wizard of the north, for he was the pioneer of "practical pussyology" apart from the regular qualified veterinary who may look with a kind and pitying eye on cats' ailments and infirmities […]

   1905, Frances Simpson, Cats for Pleasure and Profit, page 77