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单词 water doctor
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Definition of water doctor in English:

water doctor

noun ˈwɔːtə ˌdɒktə
historical
  • 1A physician or other practitioner who advocates the consumption or external application of water; (in later use) specifically a practitioner administering the water cure, a hydropathist.

  • 2Derogatory. A person who diagnoses illness on the basis of the visual inspection of urine, a uroscopist; (more generally) a medical quack.

Origin

Mid 18th century. From water + doctor.

Definition of water doctor in US English:

water doctor

nounˈwɔːtə ˌdɒktə
historical
  • 1A physician or other practitioner who advocates the consumption or external application of water; (in later use) specifically a practitioner administering the water cure, a hydropathist.

  • 2Derogatory. A person who diagnoses illness on the basis of the visual inspection of urine, a uroscopist; (more generally) a medical quack.

Origin

Mid 18th century. From water + doctor.

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