VETERINARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does veterinary mean? 

• VETERINARY (noun)
  The noun VETERINARY has 1 sense:

1. a doctor who practices veterinary medicine

  Familiarity information: VETERINARY used as a noun is very rare.

• VETERINARY (adjective)
  The adjective VETERINARY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine

  Familiarity information: VETERINARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VETERINARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A doctor who practices veterinary medicine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

vet; veterinarian; veterinary; veterinary surgeon

Hypernyms ("veterinary" is a kind of...):

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "veterinary"):

horse doctor (a veterinarian who treats horses)

Derivation:

veterinary (of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine)

• VETERINARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

veterinarian (a doctor who practices veterinary medicine)

veterinary medicine (the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals (especially domestic animals))

Derivation:

veterinary (a doctor who practices veterinary medicine)

 Context examples 

Veterinary medicine applied to laboratory animals.

(Laboratory Animal Medicine, NCI Thesaurus)

Cefalonium is used in veterinary medicine.

(Cefalonium, NCI Thesaurus)

It is used in human medicine, veterinary medicine, and pharmaceuticals.

(Dimethyl sulfoxide, NCI Dictionary)

A microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor, approved in veterinary use for weight loss and reduction of hyperlipidemia in dogs.

(Mitratapide, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration of a veterinary medicinal product via the eye and the nose.

(Oculonasal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

In veterinary pharmacology, it is used as a trypanosomicide.

(Homidium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

An antibacterial and antifungal agent for topical use, mostly used now in veterinary medicine.

(Fenticlor, NCI Thesaurus)

B. anthracis is found in most soil, causes Anthrax in humans and animals, has been utilized as a biological weapon and both a veterinary and human vaccine exists.

(Bacillus anthracis, NCI Thesaurus)

A marketing category for bulk ingredients intended for individual compounding for veterinary patients, regardless of the existence of a prescription.

(Bulk Ingredient for Animal Drug Compounding, NCI Thesaurus)

A hallucinogen formerly used as a veterinary anesthetic, and briefly as a general anesthetic for humans.

(Phencyclidine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)