doctor of osteopathic medicine
noun
variants
or less commonly doctor of osteopathy
plural doctors of osteopathic medicine also doctors of osteopathy
: a physician who has earned a degree in osteopathic medicine or osteopathy
Doctors of osteopathic medicine … are fully licensed to practice in many areas of medicine, and many of them work in primary care.—Morgan Eichensehr
There are two types of fully licensed physicians in the United States, osteopathic and allopathic, said Dr. James R. Smith, doctor of osteopathy, board-certified in family medicine and urgent-care medicine at Aurora Manitowoc Clinic.—Suzanne Weiss
also
: an academic graduate degree conferring the rank or title of doctor of osteopathic medicine
She received a bachelor's degree from Grace College in Winona Lake and a doctor of osteopathic medicine from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia. —South Bend (Indiana) Tribune
—abbreviation DO, D.O.
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