A Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin Medicinae Doctor) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions...

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO or D.O., or in Australia DO USA) is a medical degree conferred by the 38 osteopathic medical schools in the United States...

practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining...

and licensed as Doctors of Podiatric Medicine (DPM). The preparatory education of most podiatric physicians—similar to the paths of traditional physicians...

Master of Medical Science or a Doctor of Medical Science (equivalent to a PhD). Both degrees are considered equivalent to the Doctor of Medicine degree...

Master of Stomatological Medicine (MSM) Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Doctor of Dental Medicine/Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry (DMD) Doctor of Clinical...

A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice...

which use traditional healing rather than contemporary medicine. In its original meaning, witch doctors were not exactly witches themselves, but rather people...

Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease...

theology, law, and medicine — reflected the historical separation of university study into these three fields. Over time, the Doctor of Divinity has become...