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DOCTORAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to a doctor or doctorate
Example:
doctorial candidates
Synonyms:
doctoral; doctorial
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
doctor (a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution)
doctorate (one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university)
Derivation:
doctor (a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution)
doctorate (one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university)
Context examples:
A doctoral degree in theology.
(Doctor of Theology, NCI Thesaurus)
F31: Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award, F32: NIH National Research Service Award for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows, F33: National Research Service Award—Senior Fellowships, F34: MARC NRSA Individual Post-doctoral Program Appointee, F35: Intramural NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Program Appointee, F36: MARC Visiting Scientists Fellowships (NIGMS) (from NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts Extramural Policy Notices)
(Fellowship Programs, F-Series, NCI Thesaurus)
A doctoral degree in religion.
(Doctor of Divinity, NCI Thesaurus)
Jack Wilson, a post-doctoral researcher at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, led a team that reprocessed data collected from 2002 to 2009 by the neutron spectrometer instrument on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
(A Fresh Look at Older Data Yields a Surprise Near the Martian Equator, NASA)
Our findings suggest that aspirin and other NSAIDs may protect the lungs from short-term spikes in air pollution, first and corresponding author Xu Gao, a post-doctoral research scientist in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Columbia Mailman School, said in press statement.
(Aspirin Could Cut Air Pollution Harms, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Modern theory suggests that the answer is probably a mix of both but proving the existence of these cold streams of gas had remained a major challenge until now, says co-author Donal O'Sullivan, a doctoral student in Martin's group who built part of the imager.
(Spiraling filaments feed young galaxies, National Science Foundation’s Division of Astronomical Sciences.)
Tamás and University of Szeged doctoral student Eszter Boldog dubbed these new cells rosehip neurons — to them, the dense bundle each brain cell's axon forms around the cell's center looks just like a rose after it has shed its petals, he said.
(Mysterious New Type of Human Brain Cell Discovered, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Vanessa Hull, a doctoral student at MSU's Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS), has been living off and on for seven years in the Wolong Nature Reserve, most recently tracking pandas that she has outfitted with GPS collars.
(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)
A doctoral degree earned with the approval of a committee on the basis of original research and publications.
(Doctor of Science, NCI Thesaurus)
