Doctor, nurse

Words referring to people who habitually take care of the sick and injured, such as those who do it for a living.

• What words refer to a person who takes care of the sick?
  doctor physician general practitioner the medical profession family doctor family practitioner healer
• What words refer to medical specialists and their branch of medicine?
  specialist consultant allergist anesthesiologist anesthesiology cardiologist cardiology chiropractor chiropractic dermatologist dermatology endocrinologist endocrinology epidemiology gastroenterologist gastroenterology gynecologist gynecology hematology histology homeopathist homeopathy immunologist immunology neonatologist neonatology nephrologist nephrology neurologist neurology obstetrician obstetrics oncologist oncology ophthalmologist orthopedist orthopedic surgeon orthopedics pediatrician pediatrics plastic surgeon podiatry proctologist radiation oncologist radiologist radiology radiotherapy rheumatologist rheumatology surgeon surgery urologist
• What words refer to a doctor who treats mental illness?
  psychiatrist shrink analyst psychiatry psychologist psychoanalyst psychoanalysis psychotherapist psychotherapy
• What words refer to a doctor who treats teeth?
  dentist dentistry oral surgeon
• What words refer to someone who helps a doctor?
  nurse nursing hygienist hygiene lab/medical technician laboratory analysis midwife midwifery orderly pharmacist pharmacology speech therapist speech therapy therapist therapy
• What words refer to someone who give emergency treatment to someone who has been injured?
  medic corpsman ambulance driver paramedic
• What words refer to a doctor who treats animals?
  vet veterinarian
• What words refer to a person who pretends to be a doctor?
  quack
• What words refer to working as a doctor?
  practice doctor (v) be in medicine
• What words refer to going to a doctor?
  go to the doctor see a doctor consult a doctor