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Definition: Veterinarian |
VeterinarianNoun1. A doctor who practices veterinary medicine. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "veterinarian" was first used: 1646. (references) |
Etymology: Veterinarian \Vet`er*i*na"ri*an\, noun. [Latin expression veterinarius. See Veterinary.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Occupations | Diagnoses, and treats diseases and injuries of pets, such as dogs and cats, and farm animals, such as cattle or sheep: Examines animal to determine nature of disease or injury and treats animal surgically or medically. Tests dairy herds, horses, sheep, and other animals for diseases and inoculates animals against rabies, brucellosis, and other disorders. Advises animal owners about sanitary measures, feeding, and general care to promote health of animals. May engage in research, teaching, or production of commercial products. May specialize in prevention and control of communicable animal diseases and be designated Veterinarian, Public Health (medical ser.). May specialize in diagnosis and treatment of animal diseases, using roentgen rays and radioactive substances, and be designated Veterinary Radiologist (medical ser.). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The most popular depiction of this kind of doctor at work is in the autobiographical books by James Herriot and the television adaptation, All Creatures Great and Small
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Veterinarian."
Synonyms: VeterinarianSynonyms: vet (n), veterinary (n), veterinary surgeon (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Husbandry | Neatherd, cowherd, shepherd; grazier, drover, cowkeeper; trainer, breeder; apiarian, apiarist; bull whacker, cowboy, cow puncher, farrier; horse leech, horse doctor; vaquero, veterinarian, vet, veterinary surgeon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Veterinarian |
| English words defined with "veterinarian": horse doctor ♦ vet. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "veterinarian": animal health technician, ANIMAL KEEPER, HEAD, animal shelter supervisor, animal technician, ANIMAL-NURSERY WORKER, ANIMAL-RIDE MANAGER ♦ BARN BOSS ♦ children's zoo caretaker, corral boss ♦ dog warden ♦ FARMWORKER, LIVESTOCK, FEED AND FARM MANAGEMENT ADVISER ♦ HOUSE SITTER ♦ keeper, head ♦ laborer, livestock, lot boss ♦ MANAGER, DAIRY FARM ♦ ranch hand, livestock, RECEIVING-BARN CUSTODIAN ♦ stable manager, superintendent, menagerie, SUPERVISOR, ARTIFICIAL BREEDING RANCH, SUPERVISOR, DAIRY FARM, SUPERVISOR, KENNEL, SUPERVISOR, RESEARCH DAIRY FARM ♦ VETERINARIAN, LABORATORY ANIMAL CARE, VETERINARIAN, POULTRY, veterinary assistant, VETERINARY TECHNICIAN ♦ ZOO VETERINARIAN. (references) |
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Clever | Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | Veterinarian Janice Miller observes cultured cells that are infected with bovine rhinotracheitis virus. The virus being grown for use as an experimental vaccine. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |  | Veterinarian examining cow, Fairfield Bench Farms, Montana.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Veterinarian with resettled farmer's cows, Fairfield Bench Farms, Montana.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Contact your veterinarian immediately. (references) | |
Have your veterinarian treat your dogs and cats promptly if they have tapeworms. (references) | ||
Make sure that your infected pet takes all of its medicine and follow up with your veterinarian. (references) | ||
Business | It may also be noted that the Animal Sanitary Agency of the Argentine government, SENASA, must approve all warehouses and trucks that transport foodstuffs in the country, and a certified veterinarian must approve all shipments. (references) | |
Economic History | Greece | Prepared fish products must be accompanied by veterinarian certificates, and must originate from production facilities which are included on the list of EU approved plants. (references) |
Political Economy | JAMAICA | No animal carcasses (meat, bones, hide, skin, hooves, etc.) can be imported without a permit issued by the Director of Veterinary Services, Jamaica, along with an official health certificate issued by an official government veterinarian. (references) |
Trade | Dominican Rep | Imports of animals normally require certificates of origin and other veterinarian documentation to assure disease-free status. (references) |
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| "Veterinarian" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Veterinarian" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
veterinarian | 4,008 |
veterinarian supply | 679 |
veterinarian school | 170 |
online veterinarian | 122 |
veterinarian medicine | 108 |
ask a veterinarian | 89 |
veterinarian salary | 64 |
veterinarian question | 62 |
veterinarian college | 61 |
veterinarian advice | 55 |
veterinarian career | 47 |
holistic veterinarian | 43 |
become a veterinarian | 42 |
veterinarian technician | 39 |
veterinarian picture | 38 |
veterinarian job | 31 |
veterinarian information | 29 |
veterinarian referral | 29 |
equine veterinarian | 27 |
cat veterinarian | 27 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "veterinarian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | veteriner (vet), veterinar (cow-leech, veterinary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | طبيب بيطري (vet, veterinary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ветеринарен лекар (farrier), ветеринарен (veterinary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 兽医 (Veterinary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | veterinářský (veterinary), veterinář (veterinary), zvìrolékařský (veterinary), zvìrolékař (vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dyrlæge (veterinary surgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | dierenarts (veterinary surgeon), veearts (veterinary surgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | veterinaro, bestkuracisto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | djóralækni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | دامپزشک (Vet), بیطار. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vétérinaire (vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Tierarzt (vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κτηvίατρoς (veterinary surgeon), κτηνίατροσ (vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רופא וטרי רי (vet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | állatorvos (vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | veterinario (vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 獣医 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じゅうい (close siege). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 수의사 (vet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhee baagh (vet, veterinary surgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eterinarianvay veterinário (farriery, horse-drawn, vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon). (various references) ветеринарный врач (veterinary), ветеринарный (veterinary). (various references) veterinarski (veterinary), veterinar (vet), marveni (veterinary). (various references) veterinario (vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon). (various references) veterinär (farrier, vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon). (various references) veterinerlik ile ilgili (veterinary), veteriner (horse doctor, vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon), baytar (horse doctor, vet, veterinary). (various references) ветеринарний (veterinary), ветеринар (farrier, vet, veterinary). (various references) thầy thuốc thú y. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | veterinarius. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "veterinarian": veterinarians. (additional references) | |
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"Veterinarian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: veteranarian, veterenarian, veterinaran, veternarian, vetrinarian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "veterinarian" (pronounced ve'trune"rēun or ve'terune"rēun) |
| 7 | -u n e" r ē u n | centenarian, disciplinarian, octogenarian, planarian, seminarian, septuagenarian. |
| 5 | -e" r ē u n | agrarian, authoritarian, barbarian, carrion, Clarion, contrarian, egalitarian, humanitarian, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, nonsectarian, ovarian, parliamentarian, proletarian, sectarian, totalitarian, unitarian, utilitarian, vegetarian. |
| 4 | -r ē u n | centurion, criterion, Cyprian, equestrian, historian, hyperborean, pagurian, pedestrian, praetorian, presbyterian, salutatorian, valedictorian, valerian. |
| 3 | -ē u n | accordion, alien, amphibian, arcadian, bohemian, Campion, chameleon, champion, circadian, collodion, comedian, custodian, draconian, galleon, gorgonian, Guardian, halcyon, herculean, lesbian, mammalian, median, mediterranean, meridian, Napoleon, nickelodeon, oblivion, obsidian, Odeon, plutonian, scorpion, simian, subterranean, symbion, theologian, thespian, utopian. |
| 7 | -u n e" r ē u n | centenarian, disciplinarian, octogenarian, planarian, seminarian, septuagenarian. |
| 5 | -e" r ē u n | agrarian, authoritarian, barbarian, carrion, Clarion, contrarian, egalitarian, humanitarian, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, nonsectarian, ovarian, parliamentarian, proletarian, sectarian, totalitarian, unitarian, utilitarian, vegetarian. |
| 4 | -r ē u n | centurion, criterion, Cyprian, equestrian, historian, hyperborean, pagurian, pedestrian, praetorian, presbyterian, salutatorian, valedictorian, valerian. |
| 3 | -ē u n | accordion, alien, amphibian, arcadian, bohemian, Campion, chameleon, champion, circadian, collodion, comedian, custodian, draconian, galleon, gorgonian, Guardian, halcyon, herculean, lesbian, mammalian, median, mediterranean, meridian, Napoleon, nickelodeon, oblivion, obsidian, Odeon, plutonian, scorpion, simian, subterranean, symbion, theologian, thespian, utopian. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-i-i-n-n-r-r-t-v" | |
-3 letters: entrainer, innervate, invariant, narrative, veratrine. | |
-4 letters: antiarin, inerrant, inertiae, inventer, inverter, reinvent, reinvite, retainer, revenant, riverine, taverner, tirrivee, triennia, venetian, veratria, veratrin. | |
-5 letters: antiair, arenite, entrain, inertia, innerve, interne, invitee, inviter, naivete, narrate, nervate, nervier, nervine, nirvana, niterie, rainier, ravener, reinter, rentier, retinae, retrain, riveter, riviera, riviere, taeniae, taverna, tearier, terrain, terrane, terrine, tinnier, trainee, trainer, variant, variate, veinier, vernier, veteran, vintner, vitrain, vitrine. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-i-i-n-n-r-r-t-v" | |
+1 letter: veterinarians. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 65 74 65 72 69 6E 61 72 69 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . - . .-. .. -. .- .-. .. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100101 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01101001 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V e t e r i n a r i a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0065 0074 0065 0072 0069 006E 0061 0072 0069 0061 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)567186718475806784756780 |
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