ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Misdoctor

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Misdoctor is a verb meaning To doctor improperly; to give the wrong medical treatment.

Meaning

To doctor improperly; to give the wrong medical treatment.

Example Sentences

Then when we have overdoctored and misdoctored shall we abstain or reform.
A decrepit pet woodchuck of mine that had been misdoctored by an officious visitor, lay snugged up in a warm basket near the fireplace, but under cover of darkness got up, squeezed out of a back door and disappeared.
On call, he is prepared to diagnose and prescribe for any cash customer without charging a cent for the extra service; and, since he never changes his location to get away from misdoctored patients or their grieving relatives, it is plain either that he must be very skillful, or that his drugs must be very weak, or that his patients and customers must be very, very tough.

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Related dictionary entries include mistreat, misprescribe, misdiagnose, misadminister, misheal, misdo.

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