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    DOCTOR'S DEGREE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    One of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a universityplay

    Synonyms:

    doctor's degree; doctorate

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("doctor's degree" is a kind of...):

    academic degree; degree (an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "doctor's degree"):

    DMD; Doctor of Dental Medicine (a doctor's degree in dental medicine)

    DDS; Doctor of Dental Surgery (a doctor's degree in dental surgery)

    DD; Doctor of Divinity (a doctor's degree in religion)

    DEd; Doctor of Education; EdD (a doctor's degree in education)

    Doctor of Medicine; MD (a doctor's degree in medicine)

    DMus; Doctor of Music; MusD (a doctor's degree in music)

    AMusD; Doctor of Musical Arts (a doctor's degree in musical arts)

    Doctor of Optometry; OD (a doctor's degree in optometry)

    DO; Doctor of Osteopathy (doctor's degree in osteopathy)

    D.A.; Doctor of Arts (a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus)

    Doctor of Philosophy (a doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledge)

    Doctor of Public Health; DPH (a doctor's degree in preventive medicine)

    Doctor of Theology; ThD; Doctor of Sacred Theology; STD (a doctor's degree in theology)

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