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country doctor

Noun

Meaning

a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital

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do country doctors still make house calls? Source: Internet

Raleigh Watts, CEO of Country Doctor, said grant money has steadied its ship for now, but that the situation is touch and go. Source: Internet

When the English country doctor learned how milkmaids (who had developed lesions on their hands from milking cows infected with the less-severe bovine version of the disease) were immune from smallpox, the science of immunology was born. Source: Internet

He said he also enjoyed the variety of work a country doctor came across. Source: Internet

Over the years, as a practicing licensed architect who makes house calls just like a country doctor, I’ve learned that common sense isn’t really all that common. Source: Internet

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