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From Latin veterīnārius ( “ cattle doctor ” ) + -an veterīnae ( “ beasts of burden, draught- ” ) , probably from vehō ( “ to convey, draw ” ) , or from vetus ( “ old ” ) .[ 1] surface analysis , veterinary -an
( General American ) IPA (key ) : /ˌvɛt(ə)ɹəˈnɛɹ.i.ən/ , /ˌvɛtʃ.ɹɪnˈɛɹ.i.ən/ , /ˌvɛʔ.n̩ˈɛɹ.i.ən/ Hyphenation: vet‧er‧i‧nar‧i‧an veterinarian (plural veterinarians
A medical doctor who treats non-human animals .
Synonyms: vet veterinary surgeon veterinary animal doctor 1980 National geographic [1] →OCLC A fascination with Hokkaido's wild country first drew the veterinarian to Abashiri, and he is a leading expert on the Ezo red fox. Like much of Hokkaido's wildlife, this fox is not found on Honshu.
2005 Bovine surgery and lameness :The first edition, translated into 6 languages, appeared to fulfil a need, and a minisurvey of UK veterinarians graduated 2–40 years ago showed unanimous support for such a revision [ …]
In many jurisdictions, the use of the title veterinarian is restricted by law to persons with specific degrees or licenses. doctor who treats animals
Afrikaans: veearts (af)
Albanian: veteriner (sq) m
Arabic: طَبِيب بَيْطَرِيّ m ( ṭabīb bayṭariyy ) , بيطار m ( bayṭār )
Hijazi Arabic: بَيْطَري m ( bayṭari )
Armenian: անասնաբույժ (hy) ( anasnabuyž )
Azerbaijani: baytar heyvan həkimi dampizişk ( South Azerbaijani )
Basque: albaitari (eu)
Belarusian: ветэрына́р m ( vjeterynár ) , вэтэрына́р m ( veterynár )
Bulgarian: ветеринарен лекар m ( veterinaren lekar ) , ветерина́р (bg) m ( veterinár )
Burmese: တရိစ္ဆာန်ဆရာဝန် ( ta.richcanhca.rawan )
Catalan: veterinari (ca) m
Chinese:
Hokkien: 獸醫 / 兽医 ( siù-i )
Mandarin: 獸醫 / 兽医 (zh) ( shòuyī )
Chukchi: гынниӈмэлевыльын ( gynniṇmėlevylʹyn ) , ӄаадоктор ( qaadoktor )
Czech: veterinář (cs) m zvěrolékař (cs) m
Danish: dyrlæge (da) c
Dutch: dierenarts (nl) m veterinair (nl) m veearts (nl) c
Esperanto: bestkuracisto bestkuracistino ( female ) , bestokuracisto bestokuracistino ( female ) , veterinaro veterinarino ( female )
Estonian: loomaarst (et)
Faroese: djóralækni m
Finnish: eläinlääkäri (fi)
French: vétérinaire (fr) m or f véto (fr) m or f
Galician: veterinario (gl) m
Georgian: ვეტერინარი ( veṭerinari ) , ბეითალი ( beitali )
German: Tierarzt (de) m Tierärztin (de) f Tiermediziner m Tiermedizinerin f Veterinär (de) m Veterinärin (de) f Veterinärmediziner m Veterinärmedizinerin f Pferdedoktor m ( colloquial ) , Pferdedoktorin f ( colloquial ) , Viehdoktor m ( colloquial, humorous ) , Viehdoktorin f ( colloquial, humorous )
Greek: κτηνίατρος (el) m ( ktiníatros )
Greenlandic: uumasunut nakorsaq
Gujarati: પશુચિકિત્સક m ( paśucikitsak ) , પશુવૈદ્ય m ( paśuvaidya )
Hebrew: וטרינר \ וֶטֶרִינָר (he) m ( veterinár ) , וטרינרית \ וֶטֶרִינָרִית f ( veterinárit )
Hungarian: állatorvos (hu)
Icelandic: dýralæknir (is) m
Ido: veterinaro (io)
Indonesian: dokter hewan (id) , veterinarian (id)
Irish: tréidlia m
Italian: veterinario (it) m veterinaria (it) f
Japanese: 獣医 (ja) ( じゅうい, jūi ) , 獣医師 (ja) ( じゅういし, jūishi )
Kalmyk: малын эмч ( malyn emç )
Kazakh: ветеринар ( veterinar ) , мал дәрігері ( mal därıgerı )
Korean: 수의사(獸醫師) (ko) ( suuisa )
Lao: ສັດຕະວະແພດ ( sat ta wa phǣt )
Latvian: veterinārārsts m
Macedonian: ветеринар m ( veterinar ) , ветеринарка f ( veterinarka )
Malay: (please verify ) doktor haiwan
Maltese: veterinarju m veterinarja f
Maori: rata kararehe
Norman: vétérinnaithe m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dyrlege (no) m veterinær (no) m
Nynorsk: dyrlege m dyrlækjar m veterinær m
Nungu: 獸醫
Ottoman Turkish: بیطار ( baytar )
Persian: دامپزشک (fa) ( dâmpezešk ) , بیطار (fa) ( beytâr ) ( rare )
Plautdietsch: Veedokta m
Polish: weterynarz (pl) m weterynarka f
Portuguese: veterinário (pt) m veterinária f
Romanian: veterinar (ro) m veterinară f doctor veterinar m doctoră veterinară f
Russian: ветерина́р (ru) m ( veterinár ) , ветерина́рка (ru) f ( veterinárka )
Scottish Gaelic: altrach-bheathaichean m lèigh-bheathach m lighiche-bheathaichean m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ветеринар m ветеринарка f
Roman: veterìnār (sh) m veterìnārka (sh) f
Slovak: veterinár m zverolekár m
Slovene: veterinar (sl) m
Spanish: veterinario (es) m veterinaria (es) f
Swahili: daktari wa mifugo daktari wa wanyama
Swedish: veterinär (sv) c djurläkare (sv) c
Tagalog: manggagamot-hayop
Tajik: байтор ( baytor )
Thai: สัตวแพทย์ (th) ( sàt-dtà-wá-pɛ̂ɛt )
Turkish: veteriner (tr) , baytar (tr)
Ukrainian: ветерина́р m ( veterynár )
Uzbek: veterinar (uz) , baytar (uz)
Vietnamese: thầy thuốc thú y bác sĩ thú y
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) nimisanan (vo) , ( ♂ ) nimihisanan ( ♀ ) nimijisanan ( older term ) nimasanel
Walloon: årtisse (wa) m vetrinaire (wa) m or f
Welsh: milfeddyg m
Yakut: бэтэринээр ( beterineer )
veterinarian (not comparable )
veterinary 
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