doctordom

English

Etymology

From doctor ‎ -dom.

Noun

doctordom (uncountable)

1. The realm or sphere of doctors; doctors, collectively.
   • 2000, Marc Jaffe, Sleeping With Your Gynecologist: Tales from My Marriage to an Ob\gyn, page 35:

     Given all her responsibilities of motherhood and doctordom, Karen relishes her free time.

   • 2002, Jared Lee Hanson, Control Freak: Harness the Power, page 199:

     As I continued down the educational path to doctordom, I became frustrated with all the red tape I encountered.

   • 2007, Elinor Lipman, The Pursuit of Alice Thrift, page 98:

     This is what separates surgeons from the rest of doctordom.