Reverse Dictionary: DOCTOR

ADJECTIVES
..L16 — QUACKY pert. to a charlatan doctor or his medicines → sl.
1716 — IATRICAL relating to a doctor or to medicine; medical 
..L18 — QUACK pert. to a charlatan doctor or his medicines → sl.
1851 — IATRIC relating to a doctor or to medicine; medical 
1857 — PERIODEUTIC relating to a travelling physician → obs.

NOUNS
1721 — PANDORA’S BOX a doctor’s box of miscellaneous supplies and equipment → US
1843 — IATRARCHY the order of doctors 
1991 — IATROPHOBIA fear of going to the doctor (Bk.)
2003 — UBI doctors’ short hand for the facetious diagnoses, Unexplained Beer Injury → UK medical sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
..900 — LEECH a doctor 
1175 — HEALER a doctor; one who heals wounds, diseases, the sick, etc. 
1374 — LECHERE — LEECHER a doctor 
1565 — ARTIST a doctor; a surgeon; a person skilled in medicine → obs.
1565 — HAND-WORKER a surgeon 
1570 — MEDICUS a doctor 
1577 — DOCTORESS a female doctor → old-fashioned or derogatory
1579 — QUACKSALVER an untrained doctor; an ignorant person who pretends to a knowledge of medicine or of wonderful remedies 
1591 — LEECHMAN a doctor → obs.
1594 — GALENIST a doctor that in his way of practice follows Galen’s method, esp. pert. to vegetable preparations, as distinguished from chemical remedies; a herb doctor 
1597 — MEDICIAN a doctor → obs.
1598 — GALEN a doctor → jocular usage
..17C — CLYSTER-PIPE  doctor → sl.
..E17 — FLESH-TAILOR a surgeon → sl.
1602 — VELVET-CAP a doctor; one who wears a cap of velvet → obs.
1604 — DOCTRIX a female doctor → obs.
1606 — GALENITE a doctor that in his way of practice follows Galen’s method, esp. pert. to vegetable preparations, as distinguished from chemical remedies; a herb doctor → obs.
1610 — MEDICINER a doctor → Sc.
1623 — HACKEEM — HAKEEM — HAKIM a doctor → Middle East & S. Asia
1626 — BARBER-SURGEON a barber who also drew teeth and bled people for certain illnesses 
1641 — MAN-MENDER a doctor; a surgeon → obs.
1656 — IATRALIPTIC a doctor who cures diseases by the use of unguents 
1656 — IATROMATHEMATIC a doctor that is also a mathematician;  a doctor who cures in a mathematical way → obs.
1659 — QUACK an untrained doctor; an ignorant pretender to medical or surgical skill 
1684 — PYRURGIAN a doctor who uses, or specializes in the use of caustic remedies → obs.
1694 — AESCULAPIAN — ESCULAPIAN a doctor 
1698 — NIMGIMMER a surgeon or physician, esp. a specialist in venereal diseases → sl.
1703 — MAD-DOCTOR a doctor who treats mental diseases 
1709 — QUACKSTER an untrained doctor; an ignorant person who pretends to a knowledge of medicine or of wonderful remedies → obs.
1714 — AESCULAPIUS — ESCULAPIUS a doctor; the Roman god of medicine 
1717 — CACAMS Jewish doctors (Bk.)
1720 — COAL-BLOWER an alchemist or quack doctor → obs., contemptuous usage
1727 — IATROMATHEMATICIAN a doctor who cures in a mathematical way 
1761 — OPHTHALMIATER an ophthalmic surgeon; an oculist 
1795 — BARBER CHIRURGEON a barber who practices the lower operations of surgery, such as bleeding and drawing of teeth, together with the trade of a barber (Bk.)
1800 — OLD DOC YAK an obstetrician; one skilled in midwifery 
1820 — SANGRADO a doctor given to bleeding, or an ignorant pretender to medical knowledge 
1823 — GENERAL PRACTITIONER a doctor based in the community and specializing in primary care, i.e. caring for those making an initial approach for medical advice and giving routine treatment 
1832 — SANGRADOR a doctor given to bleeding, or an ignorant pretender to medical knowledge 
1837 — SAWBONES a doctor, esp. a surgeon → sl.
1840 — DOC a doctor → sl.
1849 — BUTCHER a doctor; a surgeon  → US prison & military sl.
1850 — BOLUS a doctor → US criminals’ sl.
.M19 — MEDICO a doctor → sl.
.M19 — SHE-MEDICO a female doctor → sl.
1851 — HEDGE CROCUS an itinerant quack-doctor; one who poses as a medical expert 
1853 — JACK-LEG a quack doctor → US sl. 
1857 — PILL-PEDDLER a doctor → sl.
1857 — PILL-PUSHER a doctor → sl.
1857 — PILL-ROLLER a doctor → sl.
1857 — PILL-TOTER a doctor → sl.
1859 — CROAKER — CROKER a prison doctor → sl., now mainly US
1860 — PILL a doctor → sl.
1865 — VACCINATOR a young surgeon → sl. (Bk.)
1879 — CROAK a doctor, esp. a company doctor → UK sl.
1886 — GALLY-POT a doctor → Eng. dial., nickname (Bk.)
1888 — GARGARISM a doctor → humorous usage (Bk.)
1897 — MEDICINE SHARP a doctor → US jocular usage
..20C — KING’S PROCTOR a doctor → rhyming sl.
1902 — TOCOLOGIST an obstetrician; one versed in tocology 
1903 — LINT-SCRAPER a young surgeon → sl. (Bk.)
1909 — GALLYPOT BARONET an ennobled doctor → society usage (Bk.)
1909 — PHYSIC-BOTTLE a doctor → sl.
1909 — PILL-PUSHER a doctor → lower classes’ usage
1915 — PILLS a surgeon → World War I Amer. sl.
1917 — GRANNY DOCTOR an obstetrician → Amer. dial.
1919 — QUACK a doctor → orig. Aust. & NZ 
1925 — BABY-SNATCHER an obstetrician → US sl.
1925 — CASTOR OIL ARTIST a doctor → US sl.
1925 — VET a doctor → jocular usage
1929 — ICE-TONGS DOCTOR an illegal practitioner of medicine → US sl. 
1929 — SADDLEBAG DOCTOR a doctor who will treat criminals without informing the police, or who will supply drugs → criminals’ sl.
1930 — ICE-TONG DOCTOR a doctor who is happy to supply illegal drugs → US drug culture sl.
1930 — VETERINARIAN a doctor → sl., orig. military usage
1930 — WRITER a doctor who will write prescriptions for narcotics and ask no questions about the user → drug culture sl.
1930 — WRITING CROAKER a doctor who will write prescriptions for narcotics and ask no questions about the user → drug culture sl.
1930 — WRITING DOCTOR a doctor who will write prescriptions for narcotics and ask no questions about the user → drug culture sl.
1931 — EPOSSOM SALTS — EPOSSUM SALTS a doctor → Amer. logging usage
1940 — MED-MAN a doctor → sl.
1942 — CROCUS a doctor → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1945 — SADDLEBAG DOCTOR a doctor of the early frontier who carried his medicine and implements in saddlebags as he rode over the range calling upon his patients → US Western sl. (Bk.)
.M20 — PILL-PUSHER a doctor who is known to be willing to supply narcotics illegally → US drug culture sl.
.M20 — PILL-ROLLER a doctor who is known to be willing to supply narcotics illegally → US drug culture sl.
1954 — DOG DOCTOR a doctor who is not very capable → Amer. dial.
1954 — DOSER DOG DOCTOR a doctor; one who gives a dose → Amer. dial., contemptuous usage
1960 — ORTHOPOD an orthopaedic surgeon → sl.
1961 — GAS-PASSER an anaesthetist → US sl.
1962 — BACK-DOOR MAN a proctologist → Amer. medical sl.
1963 — NOACH DOCTOR a chiropractor → Amer. dial.
1965 — BABY CATCHER an obstetrician → Amer. dial.
1965 — BONE-BREAKER a doctor → Amer. jocular usage
1965 — BONE-BUTCHER a doctor → Amer. jocular usage
1965 — BONE-CRUSHER a doctor → Amer. jocular usage
1965 — BONE DOCTOR a doctor → Amer. jocular usage
1965 — BONES a doctor → Amer. jocular usage
1965 — BONE-SETTER a doctor → Amer. jocular usage
1965 — CANOE INSPECTOR a gynaecologist → US sl.
1965 — NEEDLE MAN a doctor → Amer. dial.
1965 — NEEDLE PUNCHER a doctor → Amer. dial.
1965 — NEEDLE PUSHER a doctor → Amer. dial.
1965 — NO-COUNT a doctor who is not very capable or doesn’t have a very good reputation → Amer. dial.
1965 — OLD FART a doctor who is not very capable → Amer. dial.
1966 — BLACK-BAG TOTER a doctor → Amer. dial.
1966 — CUTBONES a doctor → Amer. dial.
1966 — WOMAN DOCTOR an obstetrician → Amer. dial.
1967 — COW DOCTOR an incapable doctor or one with a bad reputation → Amer. dial.
1967 — DOC YAK a doctor → Amer. dial.
1967 — OLD DOC YAK a doctor who is not very capable or doesn’t have a very good reputation → Amer. dial.
1968 — EPSOM SALTS a doctor → Amer. logging usage
1968 — LONGHEAD a doctor who is not very capable or doesn’t have a very good reputation → Amer. dial., derogatory
1969 — JAKELEG DOCTOR a doctor who is not very capable or doesn’t have a very good reputation → Amer. dial.
1970 — CANOE-MAKER an autopsy surgeon → US police sl.
1970 — CLACKY a doctor who doesn’t have a very good reputation; one who is not very capable → Amer. dial.
1973 — DOCTOR FEELGOOD an unscrupulous doctor who prescribes mood-altering drugs, esp. amphetamines, on demand → US sl.
1974 — BLADE a surgeon → US medical usage
1975 — BAND-AID a doctor; a medic or corpsman → sl., orig. US military usage
1978 — BOTANIST a doctor who views his patients as having plant-level intelligence → US sl.
1978 — GEOLOGIST a doctor who considers his patients to be as intelligent as a rock → US sl.
1978 — VETERINARIAN a doctor who regards his patients as of animal intelligence → US sl.
1980 — AUTHOR a doctor who writes illegal prescriptions for drug users → US drug culture sl.
1980 — MACK THE KNIFE a surgeon → US sl.
1980 — PUSSY-PROBER a gynaecologist → US sl.
1980 — ZIT DOCTOR a dermatologist → US teen sl.
1981 — CRANK DOCTOR a quack → Amer. dial.
1981 — SADDLE-POCKET DOCTOR a doctor who travelled through the mountains on horseback, often for great distances → Amer. dial.
1982 — GYNAE a gynaecologist → sl.
1984 — WITCH DOCTOR a doctor who specialises in internal medicine → US sl.
1985 — WOMAN DOCTOR a doctor who specializes in internal medicine → US sl.
1994 — CARPENTER an orthopaedist → US sl.
1994 — GUTS AND BUTTS DOC a gastroenterologist → US sl.
1994 — MOPE a nonsurgeon doctor → hospital usage, derogatory
1996 — SCABLIFTER a doctor → UK sl. 
1999 — FANNY QUACK a gynaecologist → UK sl.
2002 — GASSER an anaesthetist → UK medical sl.
2002 — GASSERS AND SLASHERS anaesthetists and surgeons → UK medical sl.
2002 — INBRED a doctor with doctor parents → UK medical sl. 
2002 — MOVING DOCTOR a medical doctor → Can. sl., (from MD)
2005 — TAMPON — TAMPON TIFFIE a doctor → S. Afr.
2006 — BUTCH a doctor → US sl., derogatory (Bk.)
2006 — GATEKEEPER a family-practice doctor whose role is to keep costs low by allowing only a certain number of patients to go to specialists → Amer. HMO sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
1690 — CUB a surgeon’s assistant → Brit. sl.
2002 — OAP an Over-Anxious Patient → UK doctors’ usage

VERBS
..17C — QUACK to play the ‘quack’ (doctor) → colloq.
1930 — WRITE to write prescriptions for narcotics → drug culture sl.