Veterinary

Definitions: Veterinary

Veterinary

Adjective

1. Of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine.

Noun

1. A doctor who practices veterinary medicine.

Date "veterinary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Veterinary

Domain	Definitions
Statistics	One of the 25 fields of education in the ISCED which includes the following educational programmes/subject groups:veterinary medicine, veterinary assisting. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Veterinary

Synonyms: vet (n), veterinarian (n), veterinary surgeon (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Veterinary

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.
	Noun: husbandry, taming. Verb: circuration, zoohygiantics; domestication, domesticity; manege, veterinary art; farriery; breeding, pisciculture.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Veterinary

English words defined with "veterinary": bolus ♦ Caballine aloes ♦ euphorbium ♦ Farriery ♦ gum eurphorbium ♦ Hippopathology, Horse-leech ♦ Oil of spike ♦ phenothiazine ♦ sulfamethazine, sulfamezathine ♦ thiodiphenylamine ♦ vet, veterinarian, veterinary medicine, veterinary school, veterinary surgeon. (references)

Specialty definitions using "veterinary": Abortion, Veterinary, Alum Compounds, Amprolium, ante-mortem veterinary inspection, Antibiotics, Antinematodal Agents, Arecoline, AVMA ♦ Biologics, border inspection post ♦ Center for Veterinary Medicine, Chlorpheniramine, clinical veterinaria, Codex Alimentarius Commission, CVM ♦ Diethylstibestrol, Diphenylamine, documentary check, Doxylamine, Drug Evaluation ♦ Education, Veterinary, Etorphine ♦ FARMWORKER, DAIRY, Fenbendazole, Flumethasone ♦ Helminthiasis, Animal ♦ immunological veterinary medicinal product ♦ KENNEL MANAGER, DOG TRACK ♦ laborer, dairy farm, Legislation, Veterinary, life sciences ♦ Medetomidine, Moscow ML ♦ Nairobi Sheep Disease Viruses, NRSP-7 ♦ Parasitic Diseases, Animal, Pathology, Veterinary, Pharmaceutical Preparations, PHARMACIST ASSISTANT, properly anaesthetized, Protozoan Infections, Animal, Pyrantel Pamoate ♦ ready-made veterinary medicinal product, Ronidazole, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University ♦ Schools, Veterinary, STEWARD, RACETRACK, Sulfachlorpyridazine, Sulfaquinoxaline ♦ Thiostrepton, Tick Control, Tripelennamine ♦ Venereal Tumors, Veterinary, Veterinarians, VETERINARY ANATOMIST, veterinary assistant, Veterinary biologics, Veterinary Drugs, VETERINARY EPIDEMIOLOGIST, VETERINARY LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR, VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGIST, VETERINARY PARASITOLOGIST, VETERINARY PATHOLOGIST, VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGIST, VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGIST, VETERINARY TECHNICIAN, VETERINARY VIRUS-SERUM INSPECTOR, VFD ♦ Xylazine ♦ ZOO VETERINARIAN. (references)

Etymologies containing "veterinary": Veterinarian. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Veterinary

Domain	Title
References	Veterinary Supplies in Taiwan: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference) The 2000 Import and Export Market for Medicaments Including Veterinary Medicaments in Africa (reference) Veterinary Equipment and Pharmaceuticals in Mexico: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference) The 2000 Import and Export Market for Medicaments Including Veterinary Medicaments in Finland (reference) The 2001 Report on Veterinary Treatments: World Market Segmentation by City (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Cat Owner's Home Veterinary Handbook (reference) Clinical Anatomy & Physiology for Veterinary Technicians (reference) Horse Owner's Veterinary Handbook (reference) Merck Veterinary Manual (reference) Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Association For Veterinary Informatics Newsletter (reference) Australian Veterinary Journal (reference) Canadian Veterinary Journal (reference) Indian Journal Of Veterinary Medicine (reference) Indian Journal Veterinary Surgery (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Veterinary

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Photo Album: Veterinary

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shows photo of Dr. Hans J. Fuchs sitting behind a blood digestion apparatus that detects cancer. Veterinary University of Berlin, Germany in 1931.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Veterinary pathologist Norman Cheville (left), molecular biologist Shirley Halling, and National Animal Disease Center director Harley Moon analyze DNA sequence reactions of a vaccine made from a modified Brucella abortus bacterium. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller..
	U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX. : Veterinary isolation stable and quarantine corral.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Veterinary service - Military : Class room in veterinary hospital.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Veterinary College, Cornell University.Credit: Library of Congress.		Veterinary advising on care and health of young calves. Fremont County, Idaho.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Veterinary explaining where to look for bot fly eggs in sanitation program for horses. Fremont County, Idaho.Credit: Library of Congress.		Dr. J.D. Jones administers anti-anthrax serum intravenously to one of farmer H.W. Jones's mules, FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower getting benefit of veterinary cooperative in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana.Credit: Library of Congress.
	The Veterinary Corps U.S. Army teaches men [...] / Horst Schreck.Credit: Library of Congress.		The Veterinary Corps U.S. Army teaches men [...] / Horst Schreck.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Veterinary

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	There shall be paid by the German Government the total cost of all armies of the Allied and Associated Governments in occupied German territory from the date of the signature of the Armistice of November 11, 1918, including the keep of men and beasts, lodging and billeting, pay and allowances, salaries and wages, bedding, heating, lighting, clothing, equipment, harness and saddlery, armament and rolling-stock, air services, treatment of sick and wounded, veterinary and remount services, transport service of all sorts (such as by rail, sea or river, motor lorries), communications and correspondence, and in general the cost of all administrative or technical services the working of which is necessary for the training of troops and for keeping their numbers up to strength and preserving their military efficiency. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Veterinary

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Encouraging judicious use of antimicrobial agents in veterinary medicine. (references)
		If your pet is bitten by a wild animal, seek veterinary assistance for the animal immediately. (references)
		It is more common in developing countries or countries without veterinary public health programs. (references)
Business		Other sources include waste from medical, dental veterinary teaching and research establishments. (references)
		Almost three-quarters of them are devoted to products for humans with the other one-quarter specializing in veterinary products. (references)
		Farmers need to dispose of pesticides, herbicides and veterinary medicines properly, and it is important for them to have a clear plan for dealing with such wastes. (references)
Economic History	Austria	Following EU accession, Austria had to apply EU veterinary regulations which resulted in a sharp drop in imports of USHQB. (references)
	Ghana	Ineffective control of cattle diseases and the unavailability of veterinary drugs are the two major problems facing the cattle industry in Ghana. (references)
	Ukraine	Licensing is mandatory for certain kinds of activity (insurance, audit activities, law, veterinary practice, and exploring and exploiting natural resources). (references)
Political Economy	RUSSIA	The Veterinary Service regularly promulgates internal regulations that impede trade. (references)
	TURKEY	In addition, the government requires laboratory tests and certification that quality standards are met for imports of human and veterinary drugs and foodstuffs. (references)
	UKRAINE	Product testing and certification generally relate to technical, safety and environmental standards, and efficacy requirements for pharmaceutical and veterinary products. (references)
Trade	Poland	Veterinary permits are also required for the import of live animals. (references)
	Croatia	When applicable, products also have to pass sanitary, phytopathologic, or veterinary control. (references)
	Ukraine	Imported products/goods are subject to sanitary, veterinary, radiological and ecological control. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Veterinary

"Veterinary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 70.02% of the time. "Veterinary" is used about 467 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
Adjective (general or positive)	70.02%	327	15,903
Noun (proper)	29.12%	136	27,260
Noun (singular)	0.86%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	467	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Veterinary

Country	Name
USA	Professional Veterinary Products Ltd.
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Veterinary

Expressions using "veterinary": chief veterinary surgeon ♦ immunological veterinary medicinal product ♦ royal Veterinary and Agricultural University ♦ veterinary college ♦ Veterinary Drugs ♦ veterinary hospital ♦ veterinary medicine ♦ veterinary school ♦ veterinary surgeon. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "veterinary": non-veterinary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Veterinary

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
veterinary	1,108
veterinary medicine	823
veterinary supply	515
veterinary school	413
veterinary technician	288
veterinary pet insurance	251
veterinary college	100
veterinary clinic	96
veterinary advice	85
veterinary hospital	71
veterinary question	65
veterinary drug	64
veterinary job	64
veterinary medicine school	55
veterinary medication	51
veterinary technician school	50
veterinary information network	48
veterinary product	47
veterinary information	45
veterinary scrubs	42
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Veterinary

Language		Translations for "veterinary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		veterinar (cow-leech, veterinarian). (various references)

Arabic		‏طبيب بيطري (vet, veterinarian), ‏بيطري. (various references)

Bulgarian		ветеринарен (veterinarian), ветеринар (vet). (various references)

Chinese		獸醫 , 兽医 (Veterinarian). (various references)

Czech		veterinářský (veterinarian), veterinář (veterinarian), zvìrolékařský (veterinarian), zvìrolékař (vet, veterinarian, veterinary surgeon). (various references)

Danish		veterinæruddannelse, dyrlægeuddannelse. (various references)

Dutch		diergeneeskunde. (various references)

Farsi		وابسته بدامپزشکی , بیطاری . (various references)

Finnish		eläinlääketieteellinen koulutus. (various references)

French		vétérinaire (vet, veterinarian, veterinary surgeon), sciences vétérinaires. (various references)

German		Veterinärmedizin, Tiermedizin (veterinary medicine), Tierheilkunde (veterinary medicine, veterinary science), tierärztlich. (various references)

Greek		κτηνιατρικόσ, κτηνίατροσ (vet, veterinarian, veterinary surgeon). (various references)

Hebrew		וטרי� רי. (various references)

Hungarian		állatorvosi, állatorvos (vet, veterinarian, veterinary surgeon). (various references)

Italian		veterinario (vet, veterinarian, veterinary surgeon), veterinaria (veterinary medicine). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		獣医学 (veterinary medicine). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		じゅういがく (veterinary medicine). (various references)

Korean		수의. (various references)

Manx		bentyn da lheeys-ollee, baagh-lheeyssagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		eterinaryvay

Portuguese		veterinário (farriery, horse-drawn, vet, veterinarian, veterinary surgeon). (various references)

Romanian		veterinar (farrier). (various references)

Russian		ветеринарный врач (veterinarian), ветеринарный (veterinarian). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		veterinarski (veterinarian), marveni (veterinarian). (various references)

Spanish		veterinario (vet, veterinarian, veterinary surgeon), veterinaria. (various references)

Swedish		veterinär (farrier, vet, veterinarian, veterinary surgeon). (various references)

Turkish		veterinerlik ile ilgili (veterinarian), veteriner (horse doctor, vet, veterinarian, veterinary surgeon), baytar (horse doctor, vet, veterinarian). (various references)

Turkmen		weterinariяa (r). (various references)

Ukranian		ветеринарний (veterinarian), ветеринар (farrier, vet, veterinarian). (various references)

Welsh		milfeddyg (veterinary surgeon). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Veterinary

Misspellings
	"Veterinary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: veternary. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Veterinary"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "veterinary" (pronounced ve"trune'rē)
6	-r u n e' r ē	coronary.
5	-u n e' r ē	bicentenary, cardiopulmonary, cautionary, centenary, concessionary, confectionary, confectionery, counterrevolutionary, culinary, deflationary, dictionary, disciplinary, discretionary, disinflationary, diversionary, evolutionary, exclusionary, expansionary, expeditionary, extraordinary, functionary, illusionary, imaginary, inflationary, interdisciplinary, luminary, mercenary, missionary, noninflationary, ordinary, preliminary, probationary, pulmonary, reactionary, recessionary, revolutionary, seminary, stationary, stationery, urinary, visionary.
4	-n e' r ē	quaternary.
3	-e' r ē	actuary, adversary, ancillary, apothecary, arbitrary, aviary, beneficiary, Blackberry, blueberry, budgetary, capillary, Cassowary, cemetery, cometary, commentary, commissary, Constabulary, contemporary, corollary, cranberry, customary, depositary, Dewberry, dietary, dignitary, Dogberry, dromedary, dysentery, emissary, epistolary, estuary, fiduciary, formulary, fragmentary, funerary, gooseberry, hackberry, hereditary, honorary, Huckleberry, interplanetary, involuntary, itinerary, judiciary, lapidary, legendary, library, literary, military, momentary, monastery, monetary, mortuary, mulberry, necessary, nonmilitary, obituary, paramilitary, pecuniary, pituitary, planetary, primary, proprietary, raspberry, Rosemary, salutary, sanctuary, sanitary, savagery, secondary, secretary, sedentary, semilegendary, solitary, statuary, strawberry, subsidiary, temporary, Tilbury, topiary, tributary, undersecretary, unitary, unnecessary, unsanitary, vocabulary.
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Anagrams: Veterinary

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-n-r-r-t-v-y"
	-1 letter: veratrine.
	-2 letters: inverter, retainer, taverner, veratrin.
	-3 letters: arenite, naivete, naivety, nervate, nervier, ravener, reentry, reinter, rentier, retiary, retinae, retrain, riveter, tearier, ternary, terrain, terrane, terrine, trainee, trainer, trinary, variety, vernier, veteran, yearner.
	-4 letters: aerier, arrive, artery, artier, earner, eatery, entera, entire, envier, errant, invert, irater, naiver, native, nearer, neater, nitery, ranter, rarity, ratine, ravine, reaver, reearn, reiver, renter, retain, retear, retina, retine, retire, revert, revery, riever, tavern, tearer, teniae, terrae, triene, vainer, vanity, varier, veiner, venery, venire, venter, verier, verite, verity, vinery, yarner.
	-5 letters: aerie, airer, aiver, antre, arete, avert, eaten, eater, enate, enter, entia, entry, event, evert, every, evite, eyrie, eyrir, inert, inter, invar, irate, naevi, naive, nerve, nervy, never, nieve, niter, nitre, rainy, ranee, rater, raven, raver, ravin, reave, reive, rente, reran, retia, retie, retry, revet, riant, riven, river, rivet, tarre, tarry, teary, teeny, tenia, terai, terne, terra, terry, tinea, train, trave, treen, trier, trine, veena, veery, veiny, venae, vitae, yarer, yearn, yenta, yente.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-n-r-r-t-v-y"
	+2 letters: irrelevantly.
	+3 letters: reverentially.
	+4 letters: remuneratively.
	+5 letters: interrogatively, remonstratively.
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