veterinary

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to the medical and surgical treatment of animals

   The injured horse was taken to a veterinary hospital for treatment.

2. 2
   noun

   chiefly British and now uncommon: a veterinary surgeon or veterinarian

   The veterinary examined the breeding animal before giving his opinion.

Common collocations

• veterinary surgeon Adjective + noun

From Latin veterinarius, 'concerned with beasts of burden,' based on veterinae, 'working or draught animals.' English first used veterinary for animal medicine and also substantivized it for a practitioner; veterinarian was formed later from the same stem.

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