doctoral
adjUK /ˈdɒktəɹəl/ · CA, US /ˈdɑktəɹəl/
Etymology From doctor + -al, probably modelled on Latin doctorālis.
1
Relating to a doctorate.
2
Pertaining to a medical doctor or physician.
- We have no need of doctorall consultations or collegian interpretations. Our senses tell us where it is and what it is.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 13, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book III, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- doctoral advisor, doctorally, doctoral thesis, nondoctoral, predoctoral
- Related terms
- doctor, Doctor
- Hyponyms
- postdoctoral