doctor

médico, doctor

Persona con formación para tratar a quienes están enfermos o heridos.

En inglés sencillo: A person trained to treat people who are ill or injured.

• I need to see a doctor.
• The doctor checked my ears.
• Have you made an appointment with your doctor?

Sinónimos: physician

Expresiones frecuentes: see a doctor, family doctor, doctor’s appointment, local doctor

doctor

Persona que ha obtenido un doctorado, el grado universitario más alto en una materia.

En inglés sencillo: A person who has earned the highest university degree in a subject.

• She is a doctor of philosophy.
• The university awarded him the title of doctor.
• As a doctor of history, she studies ancient cities.

Cómo se usa: doctor of something (He is a doctor of education.)

Expresiones frecuentes: doctor of philosophy, doctor of something, become a doctor

tratar, atender

Tratar a una persona enferma o herida como profesional médico.

En inglés sencillo: To treat someone who is ill or injured as a medical professional.

• She doctored the sick villagers.
• He spent years doctoring people in remote towns.
• Who will doctor the injured travelers?

Sinónimos: treat, care for

Expresiones frecuentes: doctor someone, doctor the sick

conferir un doctorado

Conceder a alguien el grado universitario más alto y el título de doctor.

En inglés sencillo: To give someone the highest university degree and its title.

• The university doctored the young scholar.
• Several graduates were doctored at the ceremony.
• The college will doctor him in recognition of his research.

Sinónimos: award a doctorate to

Expresiones frecuentes: doctor a scholar, doctor someone

modificar

Alterar físicamente un ser vivo para controlar su crecimiento o comportamiento.

En inglés sencillo: To physically change a living thing to control how it grows or behaves.

• They doctored the trees to keep them small.
• The gardener doctored the young plants by cutting their roots.
• The farmer had doctored the animal to change its behavior.

Sinónimos: alter, modify

Expresiones frecuentes: doctor apple trees, doctor an animal

modificar genéticamente

Cambiar los genes de un ser vivo.

En inglés sencillo: To change the genes of a living thing.

• Scientists doctored the bacteria to produce a useful substance.
• The team is doctoring the crop’s genes.
• Can researchers doctor this species to resist disease?

Sinónimos: genetically modify

Expresiones frecuentes: doctor a species, genetically doctor something